Israeli Balkan rockers Boom Pam and Youtube sensation Kutiman who we’ve featured here before, joined forces for a set at the 23rd Annual Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland. This and other Jewish related cultural events are funny because they are very well attended despite the fact that there are pretty much no live Jews […]
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Simja Dujov is an Argentine Jew whose musical style encompasses a frenetic mishmash of Balkan, Gypsy, Klezmer uh… joie de vivre? Drunkenness? I don’t know how to describe it beyond that except that whenever I listen to his music I instinctively reach over for a shot of something strong and indigenous – preferably prepared in […]
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A new gangster in town wants to be a Bubala, but Jaquann and Luis make it clear: if he wants to roll with their crew, that foreskin has got to go.
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But maybe you’re just not cool. Or maybe you don’t know enough French to understand her lyrics – or both. Riff Cohen lives in Jerusalem and her music is a perfect reflection of who she is and where she’s from. Most of her lyrics come from poems penned by her Mom and the music itself […]
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The lead singer is a Chabad Rabbi and the band is super heavy. Atzmus also hails from Argentina. This track, Ciudad Del Luz, had some good traction a couple years back when it was first released but now the band seems to have gone poof! Their web site has been taken over by spammers or […]
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Rotem Shefy on vocals, Leat Sabbah on cello, Yaniv Teichman on the oud and Ori Dekel on percussion killed it with this awesome cover of Radiohead’s Karma Police – which they apparently put together for just shits and giggles. This followed a successful kickstarter campaign wherein they raised just under $1,900 in order to film […]
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Israeli artists Boom Pam and Karolina got together to do a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Black Dog. Boom Pam is a very cool, Balkan-inflected band that’s heavy on the horns. I’ve seen them live several times and they are big fun. Karolina is like an Israeli indie institution. From the days when she was MC […]
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Jaquann and Luis invite their friend Svetlana over to make a custom Haggadah and avoid having another boring-ass Seder. Starring Iris Bahr as Svetlana.
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It’s Passover: Jaquann and Luis are stoned, and they need to figure out how to get their grub on without the chametz. Because smoking weed gives you the munchies, get it?
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Jaquann and Luis are back, celebrating Purim like pimps. Learn the real story of Esther, Mordecai, Haman, and the King. It’s the whole megillah, bitches.
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