Music is often a universal language that can bring together people from diverse backgrounds, who sometimes can’t or don’t speak to each other. The mission of Notes for Peace, begun at NYU, is to bring together Jews and Arabs in Israel to promote tolerance and understanding. From the video above, the experience appears to be [...]

Depeche Mode in Barcelona, 2006.Photo: KWa on Wikimedia Commons. Used under Creative Commons License. With just under a week to go until British rock sensation Depeche Mode performs in Ramat Gan as part of its “Tour of the Universe,” Israeli fans are counting down the days and buying the last remaining tickets. In an exciting [...]

This year’s official celebration in New York of Israel’s 61st birthday took us to the Apollo Theater. As you may remember, a similar event took place last year–and this year’s was even more special. Have a gander at the video above for just some of the many highlights of the evening–which included spectacular performances from [...]

Photo: Idan Raichel Project, on Wikipedia We told you in a post last month about Idan Raichel’s new CD, “Within My Walls.” Now, he’s arrived in the US for a concert tour and took some time out to share some thoughts with the Boston Herald. Enjoy! Like Unlike

South by Southwest (SXSW), one of the biggest music festivals in the US, will be the site of the next concert by the Midnight Peacocks, an indie rock band hailing from Tel Aviv. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this performance. SXSW is one of the the highest-profile festivals in the US, attracting the [...]

It’s fair to say that YouTube has a lot of videos of people making music–either singing, playing some instrument or making nice sounds in some other way. Now, Israeli musician Kutiman has taken their work to the next level. By patiently sifting through dozens of YouTube videos and stiching them together, he’s managed to create [...]

Photo: Courtesy Berry Sakharof, used with permission Berry Sakharof, known as the ‘prince’ of Israeli rock, is making his first appearance in New York City during the Manhattan JCC’s Israel Non-Stop Festival. His first performance (sold out) will be this Wednesday night (04 March) at the JCC, and will be followed by a second show [...]

Photo: Idan Raichel Project, on Wikipedia Over the past few years, audiences all over the world have become fans of Idan Raichel’s wondrous music, which presents a fusion of styles from around the world. Now, Idan has released a new album, entitled Within My Walls now available in the United States and Canada and will [...]

One of Israel’s most innovative rockers, Yula Be’eri (of the group NaNuchKa) will be playing a show in New York this month at (Le) Poisson Rouge. We’ve heard that the show will combine a dizzying array of musical styles including punk and cabaret music. Unsure of what exactly that meant, we took a look at [...]

According to a Ynet report, “In the Heat of Tel Aviv,” a popular song by Sarit Hadad (see Hebrew version in video above), has been extremely popular with audiences in China, thanks to a new adaptation into Chinese. Israel already has a number of ties to China, maybe now music will become one of the [...]