rock music

Grammy Award-winning Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart. (©Jay Blakesberg)

April 18, 2018, 1:15 am

The Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart takes us far out — to the cosmos

The 74-year-old core member of the legendary band performs a one-of-a-kind celestial event at the American Museum of Natural History, and Jordan Hoffman is there to experience it

By Jordan Hoffman

In this Jan. 27, 2008 file photo, Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan performs during the European Border Breakers awards, or EBBA awards, in Cannes, southern France. (AP Photo/Bruno Bebert, File)

January 16, 2018, 2:58 am

Dolores O’Riordan, voice of The Cranberries, dies at 46

Police say death of Irish singer-songwriter at London hotel being treated as 'unexplained'; her 'infectious' charm delighted Israeli fans in 2000 show

By AP and TOI staff

Yo La Tengo members, from left to right: Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew. (Jacob Blickenstaff/via JTA)

December 13, 2017, 5:51 pm

The world’s most famous indie rock Hanukkah tradition makes a comeback

Yo La Tengo, once famous for its eight-night annual holiday pageants, takes the stage tonight through December 19 for the first time since 2013

By Gabe Friedman

Tom Petty with the Diaspora Yeshiva Band's Avraham Rosenblum, in Jerusalem, 1987 (YouTube screenshot)

October 3, 2017, 1:59 pm

Tom Petty, whose music did something to our souls

Mourning an understated rock star

By David Horovitz

Moshiach Oi, a Jewish punk band. (YouTube screenshot)

October 2, 2017, 5:45 am

Punk Jews scream out to God ‘from the depths’

Since the 1980s, an iconoclastic subculture has existed on New York's Lower East Side in parallel with the gritty rock scene -- but this one has a higher spiritual calling

By Madison Margolin

Bryan Adams in 2016 (YouTube screenshot)

June 2, 2017, 8:18 pm

Bryan Adams said set for December performances in Israel

Canadian rocker expected to play in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with tickets to go on sale in the coming days

By TOI staff

Jewish studies professor Azzan Yadin-Israel. (CC, BY-SA, Asherif99444/Wikimedia)

May 11, 2017, 10:43 pm

Into the Fire: A Jewish studies prof. searches for The Bible in the lyrics of The Boss

Azzan Yadin-Israel maps theological parallels in the songs of Bruce Springsteen, finding Sodom and Gomorrah, the Exodus, and much more from Testaments Old and New

By Cathryn J. Prince

Paul Simon, left, with partner Art Garfunkel in 1964. (Don Hunstein)

April 28, 2017, 2:27 pm

Here’s to you, Mr. Simon — homage to Jewish pop legend opens in LA

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame exhibit focuses on celebrated songwriter's cultural and social impact -- the ‘Graceland’ chapter, the TV and movies, the trailblazing collaborations

By Alex Suskind

Australian musician Ben Lee rehearses inside his home studio in Los Angeles, California on March 2, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON)

March 3, 2017, 2:45 am

In age of Trump, a Jewish indie rocker explains Islam

Ben Lee seeks to encourage understanding towards often-maligned faith. 'All religions at their core are about a search for truth,' he says

By Shaun Tandon

Singer Meir Banai died Thursday, January 12, after a long battle with cancer, and was buried in Jerusalem on Friday (Courtesy Meir Banai official Facebook page)

January 13, 2017, 2:00 pm

Meir Banai, 55, led Israeli music into a more soulful space

The acclaimed singer, who died Thursday after a long battle with cancer, was among the first to mold a sound that has since become standard

By Jessica Steinberg

Beit Shemesh-based rock and hip-hop band Shtar (Yirmiyahu Vann)

December 9, 2016, 1:11 am

Orthodox band’s family men defy stereotypes to rock out

Combining hip-hop talent with a love of Torah, Ramat Beit Shemesh band Shtar shows things in Israel aren't as black and white as its members' clothing

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Steven Tyler of the Aerosmith rock band, May 5, 2013, in Manila, Philippines, during a world tour. (AP/Bullit Marquez)

November 14, 2016, 4:46 pm

Aerosmith to rock Tel Aviv at start of farewell Europe tour

Best-selling American hard rock band of all time will play Yarkon Park next May

By Sue Surkes

A picture of rocker Bruce Springsteen and biker Dan Barkalow taken November 12, 2016 after the singer got stuck on the side of a New Jersey highway when his motorcycle broke down. (Facebook screen capture)

November 14, 2016, 3:23 am

Bikers help Springsteen, stranded on roadside

Famed rocker a 'nice guy, real down to earth,' say motorcyclists who helped him near hometown of Freehold, New Jersey

By AP

Danny Fields, center, without black jacket, with the members of the Ramones. (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures/via JTA)

October 9, 2016, 12:14 am

How a Jewish guy from Queens made the punk scene happen

Few have heard of Danny Fields -- 'the Zelig of punk' -- but he discovered Iggy Pop, the Stooges, and the Ramones

By Gabe Friedman

Jewish indie rocker Ezra Furman. (Phil Sharp)

August 18, 2016, 9:49 am

Indie rocker shares new song about Jewish refugee grandfather

Ezra Furman says his latest release, which tells the story of a man fleeing 'frosty green Poland,' is 'entirely concerned with my Jewish background and present'

By JTA