Posts Tagged: Jewish Musicians
Leonard Cohen Receives Posthumous Grammy Nomination for Best Folk Album
The late legendary Jewish singer Leonard Cohen has received a posthumous nomination for a 2021 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, it was announced on...
Remembering a Jazz Age Jewish Publisher
Horace Liveright (pronounced “live right”) was born in 1886 to German Jewish parents who anglicized the previous family name. Leaving school at 14, Liveright graduated...
Guns N’ Roses Guitarist Rocks Solo Acoustic Version of Israeli National Anthem – Hatikva (VIDEO)
Ok, fans, question time. What do: Guns 'n' Roses shred-meister guitarist, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (aka Ronald Jay Blumenthal), "Hard Rock Hotel", "Las Vegas" and Israel's "Hatikva" (The...
20th-Century American Music Owed Much to Jewish Artists
JNS.org - Discuss these names—Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Benny Goodman—with author/musician Ben Sidran, and you will understand how being Jewish, the Jews'...
Commission: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Had Deep Ties to Nazi Party
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is coming to terms with its Nazi past following renewed appeals for it to give the public access to its ...
Famed Jewish Bassist Going Back on Tour with Peter Gabriel
Tony Levin spent time in the recording studio with many renowned artists, but it was British musical great Peter Gabriel who convinced him...
Kat Graham Wants Mitzvah Tank Tour Bus
Actress and singer Katerina Graham took to Instagram to proclaim her next tour bus will be the Mitzvah Tank. Graham, who speaks some Hebrew and whose...
Amy Winehouse’s Family to Mark One Year Anniversary of Death in Jewish Tradition
In an interview with Hello! Magazine in the UK, Amy Winehouse's mother reveals that she still wakes up in tears, almost one year after the...
