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Woody Guthrie (left) and Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt. After Guthrie married Greenblatt's daughter, Marjorie Mazia, the two developed a close bond, explored in the new documentary 'Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls.' (Woody Guthrie Publications via JTA)
August 6, 2026, 2:27 am
Woody Guthrie was surprisingly in tune with Judaism. A new documentary explains why
‘Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls,’ now making the rounds on the Jewish film circuit, shows a little-known side of the legendary American folk singer that was steeped in Jewish culture
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
From the Revolution Orchestra's 'Concerto for Gashash and Orchestra,' currently available online as concerts and other public gatherings are banned during the Iranian missile attacks in June 2025. (Credit: Moshe Zitat)
June 16, 2025, 6:57 am
With halls shuttered, orchestras offer online concerts for distraction
Cultural institutions upload performances and classes for Israelis stuck at home during Iranian missile crisis
By Jessica Steinberg
Folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, from left, Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, and Peter Yarrow, appear at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, January 26, 1987. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
January 7, 2025, 11:19 pm
Jewish folk singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
Yarrow released six Billboard Top 10 singles and two No. 1 albums in the 1960s, as part of the iconic trio that sang for civil rights and against war
By John Rogers
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. (Wikimedia commons)
November 13, 2024, 1:34 pm
‘I was a fool’: Art Garfunkel says he made amends with Paul Simon
Folk-rock singer says he sat down for lunch with former partner in tearful reunion after years of feuding, wanted to reconcile ‘before it’s too late’
By ToI Staff
The four members of Brooklyn-based Big Thief, including Israeli bassist Max Oleartchik (far right), as they announced July 11, 2024 that he is leaving the indie band for 'interpersonal reasons' (Courtesy)
July 12, 2024, 4:18 pm
Israeli bassist leaves indie band Big Thief for ‘interpersonal reasons’
Brooklyn-based band announces departure of Max Oleartchik without giving further details; group cancelled Tel Aviv gig in 2022 amid pressure from BDS activists
By Jessica Steinberg
Trio Mandili. (Courtesy)
June 1, 2024, 8:28 am
Georgian stars Trio Mandili to perform throughout Israel in show of post-Oct. 7 support
Virally popular threesome of women singers, considered their country’s best-known musical export, to also put on charity concert for displaced Israelis while touring June 4-8
By Gavriel Fiske
Musician Ofer Mizrahi will perform with his trio at Jerusalem's Confederation House on September 28, 2023. (Courtesy Ofer Mizrahi)
September 21, 2023, 10:15 pm
Ofer Mizrahi to perform his East meets West music in Jerusalem
With ‘whale guitar’ in hand, Israeli musician and his trio will take center stage at Confederation House
By Jessica Steinberg
Australian indie rocker Xavier Rudd played Tel Aviv on November 12, 2022, in a rousing solo show at Hangar 11, beneath a massive cloth backdrop depicting a Bunjil totem. Bunjil was an Aboriginal mythical leader often depicted as an eagle, who is believed to be the protector of the natural world, his people and their beliefs. (courtesy, Dawid Rygielski Photography)
November 14, 2022, 12:02 am
Australian Xavier Rudd’s soulful folk fusion rocks Tel Aviv
Solo show wraps up artist’s European tour, with its unique blend of acoustic ballads and euphoric instrumentals, powered by traditional Aboriginal instrument
By Melanie Lidman
From left: Gyulane Farkas, Istvan Feher, Aron Feher and David Feher at Giero Pub, Budapest, May 16, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/Times of Israel)
July 21, 2022, 3:57 am
In Budapest, an underground ‘Gypsy music’ pub plays on Jewish heartstrings
One of the Hungarian capital’s best-kept open secrets is Giero Pub, a small but charming basement venue with top-notch music – and a tragic family history marred by the Holocaust
By Yaakov Schwartz
A Taiwanese dance teacher practices Israeli folk dance in Yilan, Taiwan. (Jordyn Haime)/ JTA
July 4, 2022, 5:34 am
How Israeli songs became integral to Taiwan’s national folk dancing tradition
Dating back to the nationalist Kuomintang government era, the pastime is still beloved by many Taiwanese of a certain age – and Hebrew classics make up a big part of the repertoire
By Jordyn Haime
Dr. Stephen Daniel Arnoff, the author of 'About Man and God and Law, the Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan' (Courtesy Stephen Daniel Arnoff)
April 29, 2022, 1:49 pm
Podcast: How does it feel? Bob Dylan thinker explores the singer’s spiritual wisdom
Stephen Daniel Arnoff speaks about the music, lyrics and lessons learned from a lifetime of Dylan songs
By ToI Staff
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (far left) performs a medley of songs, including 'Hava Nagila,' with a comedy troupe on stage in a performance from 2016. (Screenshot/YouTube)
March 1, 2022, 2:40 pm
Old clip shows Zelensky going ‘balls out’ for ‘Hava Nagila’
In 2016, the future Ukrainian leader participated in a ‘piano four hands’ routine, without the hands
By Ethan Freedman
Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg are Nefesh Mountain. (Lawrence Rickford/via JTA)
June 10, 2021, 9:59 am
Anne Frank’s famous optimism gets a bluegrass twang
New Jersey duo Nefesh Mountain’s new song ‘Piece Of The Sun (For Anne Frank)’ debuts just ahead of what would have been the Holocaust diarist’s 92nd birthday on June 12
By Gabe Friedman
Nathan Salsburg in a barn on his property, which also functions as his office. (Joan Shelley/ via JTA)
March 22, 2021, 2:38 am
Folk guitarist makes experimental soundscapes from old Jewish phonograph records
According to Nathan Salsburg, the early American record industry marketed aggressively to European immigrants, and he draws from a wellspring of klezmer tunes for his new project
By Daniel Bromfield
Amihai Zippor, left, and Shimshon Meir Frankel of the Bar Papas band, which released its debut album in 2020 after 20 years together (Courtesy Bar Papas)
January 7, 2021, 8:17 pm
Twenty years on, a Talmudic study duo begets a debut album
Decades after meeting at a Jerusalem yeshiva, Shimshon Meir Frankel and Amihai Zippor of the Bar Papas release 10 songs of rabbi- and prophet-inspired folk rock
By Jessica Steinberg
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