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Dave Matthews performs during the 40th Farm Aid at Huntington Bank Stadium on September 20, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)
June 9, 2026, 7:40 am
Dave Matthews says his criticism of Israel shouldn’t be ‘twisted’ into antisemitism
American rocker touts ‘deep respect’ for Jews; recalls attending bar mitzvah on Oct. 7, interrupted by ‘horror’ of Hamas attack, but says Israel’s subsequent war ‘no less horrific’
By Grace Gilson
Roger Waters performs on stage during his 'The Wall' show at the Olympic stadium in Berlin on September 4, 2013. (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP)
April 11, 2026, 7:29 am
Sex, Nazism and rock ‘n’ roll: Why rockers love to goose step in the gaslights
In ‘This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich,’ music historian Daniel Rachel unpacks role of Nazi symbols for icons from Bowie to Lennon
By Matt Lebovic
Derek Shulman. (Courtesy)
November 14, 2025, 12:33 pm
Jewish rocker who discovered Bon Jovi charts journey from stage to boardroom
With memoir ‘Giant Steps,’ Derek Shulman sounds off on a career that saw him play with Elton John, get snubbed by the Beach Boys and sign some of the greatest acts in music history
By Jordan Hoffman
A woman is carried over the crowd at the Lollapalooza concert in Pownal, Vermont, July 9, 1996. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
April 9, 2025, 3:34 am
The surprisingly Jewish history of iconic counter-cultural music festival Lollapalooza
From its creator, to performers, promoters, and now the chroniclers of a new oral history on it, Jews have always had a hand in the traveling show that changed America
By Jordan Hoffman
Shel Talmy (1937-2024), record producer known for his work with The Who, The Kinks, and other classic rock bands. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 15, 2024, 8:47 pm
Legendary rock producer Shel Talmy, who worked with The Who, The Kinks, dies at 87
Jewish, Chicago-born producer visited London for vacation in the 1960s and got swept up in the emerging rock scene, producing classics like ‘My Generation’ and ‘You Really Got Me’
By AP
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
Author and native New Yorker Sarah Seltzer, left, and the cover of her debut novel 'The Singer Sisters.' (Kurt Sneddon/Flatiron Books/ via JTA)
August 27, 2024, 1:07 am
In new book ‘The Singer Sisters,’ a Jewish rock music family finds sex, drugs – and deli
While some of the most iconic folk legends of the ’60s and ’70s were Members of the Tribe, author Sarah Seltzer’s fictional dynasty’s drama strikes a particularly Jewish chord
By Gabe Friedman
Aleksandr 'Shura' Uman, left, and Egor Bortnik perform during the Bi-2 rock band concert in Moscow, Russia, December 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
February 1, 2024, 3:00 am
Russia is intimidating its expat celebrities in an attempt to silence them
Alt-rock band Bi-2, which has Israeli-Russian members, was nearly deported from Thailand. After a week in detention, Israel’s Foreign Ministry succeeds in flying group to Tel Aviv
By Ksenia Svetlova
Jeff Tweedy performs with Wilco at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, in New Orleans, April 24, 2015. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP, File)
October 17, 2023, 4:02 pm
Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy offers Jewish prayer for healing amid Israel-Hamas war
‘Mi Shebeirach’ vocals in the video recorded ‘a while ago’ performed by sons Spencer and Sammy Tweedy; Sammy spends time in Tel Aviv and has been outspoken about the conflict
By Shira Li Bartov
Nicolette Luisa and Stuart Brown as Scarabouche and Galileo in 'We Will Rock You," the Queen musical onstage at Tel Aviv's Opera House through September 14, 2023 (Courtesy Alon Levin)
August 31, 2023, 8:10 pm
Queen-inspired ‘We Will Rock You’ musical rhapsodizes Tel Aviv
Critically panned but loved by fans worldwide, the show written by Ben Elton with band’s tunes tells dystopian tale
By Jessica Steinberg
AJR band members eating Anita ice cream in Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighborhood ahead of their August 29, 2023 warmup show for Imagine Dragons in Yarkon Park (Courtesy PR)
August 28, 2023, 5:35 pm
Imagine Dragons warmup band AJR tours Israel ahead of Tuesday show
The Nevada indie pop band sells out all 60,000 tickets to Yarkon Park concert
By Jessica Steinberg
FILE - Musician Robbie Robertson arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
August 10, 2023, 1:12 am
Robbie Robertson, guitarist for The Band, Dylan, dies at 80; never met his Jewish dad
Musician helped shape rock music in the 1960s, writing classics including ‘The Weight’; only learned of his late Jewish father, Alexander David Klegerman, in his teens
By Hillel Italie
Adam Weiner wraps tefillin on tour. (Jacob Blickenstaff via JTA)
August 9, 2023, 5:02 am
Rocker Adam Weiner chronicles his Jewish evolution on new single ‘King of the Jews’
The Low Cut Connie frontman says he’s been pulling from his ‘Jewy-ness’ in his recent compositions, the latest of which will feature on the band’s upcoming album ‘Art Dealers’
By Gabe Friedman
Bangles singer and first-time author Susanna Hoffs. (Shervin Lainez)
April 16, 2023, 1:57 am
Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs’ newest cover is her debut novel, ‘This Bird Has Flown’
At age 64, the musician-author isn’t exactly singing a new tune; she tells The Times of Israel that she’s had a passion for literature her whole life and is a voracious reader
By Dave Gordon
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform, Monday, April 3, 2023, at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
April 5, 2023, 3:44 pm
Proving it all night, 73-year-old Springsteen rocks a first-timer’s socks off in NYC
At an April 3 show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, The Boss treats fans to a non-stop 3-hour set, making a $334 dream come true for a nice Jewish boy who shares his NJ hometown
By Jordan Hoffman
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