Music
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...
Lovers of French chansons
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On the phone with the Jewish World from her home in Los Angeles, Julia Kantor describes the...
Lisa Gutkin: Weaving in the music
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Un mir zaynen ale brider, oy, oy ale brider / Un mit zingen freylekhe lider, oy oy...
Cohen and Hersch record sublime duos
Jazz clarinet virtuoso Anat Cohen tipped me off about this album last November, when we met in Decorah, Iowa. My...
Lorde cancels her concert in Israel
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Pop star Lorde’s decision to cancel her scheduled concert in Israel has sparked some fierce...
The Late Set album evokes another era
For their album The Late Set (Anzic Records), vocalist Hilary Gardner and Israeli native Ehud Asherie on piano combine their...
Reform movement is alive with the sound of music
Peeking in to the the Reform Movement's first-ever music lab at the biennial convention By PENNY SCHWARTZ BOSTON (JTA) —...
Spinning on the Jewish turntable
Reviewed by MORDECAI SPECKTOR Yequm (Contagious Music), Eden Ladin Pianist and composer Eden Ladin is an Israeli jazz artist who...
