The Idan Raichel Project  - Idan Raichel  is an Israeli singer-songwriter and a musician, known for his Idan Raichel Project, distinctive for its  fusion of  electronics,  traditional  Hebrew  texts,  Middle  Eastern and Ethiopian  music.  Prior to the Project,  Raichel was a  keyboardist,  collaborating  with artists such as Ivri Lider.  He  has sold over 300,000 records  to date. The Idan Raichel Project launches a new iPhone app. You are [...]

Jewish iSongBook is a great tool for musicians, students and for all whom interested in Jewish music. One can use it no matter your a professional piano player or you just know a few open chords for guitar. Jewish iSongBook is the app collecting Jewish songs. The songs are divided into categories: Klezmer tunes, Z’mirot [...]

In the fall of 2007, a few students at Yeshiva University came to a startling realization: Jewish collegiate a cappella groups had been formed on almost every college campus with a substantial Jewish student community – every campus, that was, except for YU! This realization soon led to the formation of the Maccabeats, YU’s all-male a capella group. [...]

App designed by musicians for musicians. Sheet music for over 100 Jewish traditional , religious, klezmer, Sefardic/Ladino, Chasidic, Yiddish, cantorial, simcha party and Israeli folk melodies/songs (stay tuned, developer are constantly expanding and adding more sheet music). “The Melody Book has been a fun and useful tool to use with my students in lessons. Both in [...]

Robin Chaplik and Mark Dice weave a magical story, Latkes For Everyone! It is a tale of friends, family and latkes – all in a big holiday coloring book! Help Leah make this the best Hanukkah ever! Light her menorah with vibrant colors. Paint her a great dreidel. Draw lots and lots of latkes! Follow [...]

Sit back and sing along with your favorite Chanukah Songs with friends and family and enjoy the holiday. . . App: Chanukah Songs by ShaneB Compatible: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Category: Music Released: November 22, 2011 Publisher: Shane Byrnes Price: $o.99 (buy app) . . . .

Get to know the traditional Bentching tunes. The Bentching App  is a unique and personal way to learn the traditional Jewish “Grace After Meals” prayers & tunes. Based on highly acclaimed “Complete Bentching CD“  by Cantor Adam Davis. Adam Davis, is an Orthodox Chazan of the Linksfield Senderwood Hebrew Congregation in Johannesburg, South Africa. His vocal repertoire spans the Classical, [...]

Songs for the Jewish-American Jet Set: The Tikva Records Story 1950-1973,  new  app released  by The Idelsohn Society  for Musical Preservation,  celebrates the legacy of the extraordinary Tikva Records,  the Jewish independent  label  launched in the late 1940s. Listen to the music, view exclusive videos and photos, and learn about the artists and the stories behind [...]

After winning the Battle of the Bands at both Yeshiva University and Lander College, Yaakov Chesed became the fastest rising Jewish band in years, having performed nearly 100 shows in cities across the US and Canada. The band’s name comes from a line said in the daily prayer of “oova litzeyon”, which says “Teetain emet [...]

Fueled by a strong, Jewish identity and anchored by thumping beatbox, intricate arrangements, and soulful harmonies, Six13 is a six-man vocal band that brings an unprecedented style of Jewish music to the stage. With songs ranging from hip-hop dance tracks to rock anthems, the members of the New York-based group sound like a full band [...]

What do Billie Holiday,  Cab  Calloway,  Johnny Mathis and  Nina  Simone  all  have  in common? Besides stellar voices, they were among many black American artists who sang Jewish songs. This rarely told American story is chronicled on a new compilation called Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations, which uses music to connect these two seemingly [...]

The unusual story of  Shmuel Skaist begins when he was a rabbi in a yeshiva high school for boys in New York area. Trying to come up with a way to get his unruly teenage students to stay seated and actually listen, he attempted something unconventional — he brought in his guitar and started playing. [...]

Izhar Ashdot (1958) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and a record producer. He is a co-founding member of the Israeli rock band T-Slam. When he was 11 Ashdot started to play the guitar, two years later he founded his first group, “The Red Dogs”. In 1977 he was recruited to the Israel Defense Forces Radio as [...]

A Chabad Baal T’shuva, Prodezra Beats – L’Shem Shamayim (Reuben Formey) hails from Savannah, GA where he started making beats as a hobby in early high school with just an old Casio board & computer. Being a member of school bands from a young age contributed to his knack for creating hard-hitting tracks early on. [...]

This is the first modern studio recording of the klezmer music of Europe, performed with the original European instrumentation—first violin, cimbal (hammer dulcimer), sekund (contra-fiddle), and bass. Half of these compositions were recorded here for the first time. This CD features haunting instrumentals by the great klezmer composers of the 19th century, such as Mikhl [...]