Blue Box
Shai Maestro’s eloquent 'Stories'
At the age of 19, pianist Shai Maestro began touring and recording with Israeli jazz bass virtuoso Avishai Cohen. In...
An invitation to visit Keret World
In the title story of Israeli author Etgar Keret’s newly rereleased collection, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God...
Musical journeys evoked on 'Homes'
Israeli jazz guitarist Gilad Hekselman, who left the Jewish state for New York City, follows up his 2013 album, This...
Climate change poses threat of genocide
Timothy Snyder, a history professor at Yale and the author of Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin, has written another...
‘Solo’ album showcases Fred Hersch’s virtuosity
Jazz aficionados have held pianist Fred Hersch in high esteem for many years. His 2014 trio album, Floating, received overwhelming...
Oded Tzur weaves a spell on debut album
Oded Tzur is yet another of the hugely talented musicians from the Tel Aviv jazz scene making a name for...
Lee Friedlander photos reveal American culture
Yale University Art Gallery has published the first two volumes of photographs by Lee Friedlander (born 1934). The two handsome,...
Etgar Keret on birth, death and mysteries
Author Etgar Keret is sort of the Israeli Kafka. His new book, The Seven Good Years (Riverhead Books) — billed...
Bassist Lorin Cohen debuts as bandleader
Lorin Cohen, an accomplished jazz bassist and composer, recently released his debut album as a leader. Home (Origin Records) features...
'Peoplewatching': Socalled brings the funk
Socalled (né Josh Dolgin, socalledmusic.com), the Montreal-based klezmer/funk/hip-hop musician and composer, builds upon his eclectic oeuvre with an enchanting new...
