Music
Ezra Furman, other Jewish musicians will play local shows in coming weeks
AJW Staff Report Jewish rocker Ezra Furman has been getting great press lately. Jewish rocker Ezra Furman. Writing in The...
Herb Alpert: It’s all about the feel
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On the phone last week from his home in Malibu, renowned musician Herb Alpert wished me a...
Ben Sidran: A cool 75
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Ben Sidran’s upcoming shows at Crooners Lounge and Supper Club in Fridley are being billed as his...
Ray Benson: A country music guerilla mission
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor There aren’t many Jews in country western music and I seem to be working...
Kinky Friedman: Back in the saddle again
By MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Interviewing Kinky Friedman is about three parts fascinating war stories from a half-century in...
Six13 provides more than novelty
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Like many musical groups, Jewish a cappella group Six13 has a lot of videos...
Why Haim means so much to young Jewish women
By GABE FRIEDMAN NEW YORK (JTA) — Zoe Plotsky and 10 friends recently came together for a casual Shabbat dinner...
In the footsteps of Leonard Cohen
By BEN HARRIS MONTREAL (JTA) — Just inside the gate of the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue off Boulevard du Mont Royal,...
Chai-light Chorus presents annual benefit concert
The Chai-light Chorus's annual benefit concert will feature singer/songwriter and Minnesota Music Award-winner Mary Jane Alm. Concert begins 6 p.m....
Gershwin and his friends
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR A conversation with Les Block, our local music maven, wends through time and space, and touches on...
