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David Berman performs with the Silver Jews in 2006. (Yani Yordanova/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
August 9, 2019, 1:25 am
David Berman, indie rocker and Silver Jews frontman, dies at 52
No cause of death announced for musician, who became religious, started attending synagogue during rehab stint in mid-2000s
By Gabe Friedman
Gary plays 'The Golem' in BimHuis, Amsterdam, in September 2000. (Arjen Veldt)
July 27, 2019, 11:27 pm
Avant-garde musician gives eerie 1920s silent film ‘The Golem’ a live soundtrack
Guitarist Gary Lucas has toured the world with Jeff Buckley, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsburg, and Bob Weir. But for the past 30 years he’s also dreamed up scores for supernatural stories
By Jordan Hoffman
Members of German hard rock band Rammstein dressed as concentration camp inmates standing on a gallows, in a video for a new single released March 26, 2019 (YouTube screenshot)
March 28, 2019, 12:35 pm
German band Rammstein blasted for concentration camp video
Jewish groups, government anti-Semitism official criticize as ‘tasteless’ hard rock band’s promotion video featuring members as Jewish inmates
By AFP
Jeff Tweedy performing in Byron Bay, Australia, March 24, 2016. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
December 12, 2018, 3:31 am
Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy tells the story of his conversion to Judaism
Alternative rock group frontman says he became a member of the tribe to help his son prepare for his bar mitzvah
By JTA
In this Feb. 15, 2016 file photo, Marty Balin arrives at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
September 29, 2018, 1:33 pm
Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76
US rock legend and son of a Jewish immigrant who formed seminal 1960s band helped inspire Beatles; is remembered by bandmates as having ‘intense commitment’ and ‘quiet dignity’
By Hillel Italie
Ben Fisher’s album 'Does the Land Remember Me?' explores the history of Israel from Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints. (Kendall Rock/via JTA)
August 22, 2018, 12:18 pm
Seattle singer writes entire folk rock album on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Out on September 7, ‘Does the Land Remember Me?’ is a folky, heartfelt 17-track opus by songwriter Ben Fisher that seeks to woo listeners into hearing different sides of history
By Gabe Friedman
My Father's Place, in Roslyn, New York. (Steve Rosenfeld)
August 14, 2018, 9:57 pm
How a Jewish kid from the burbs helped launch Springsteen and make music history
Three decades on, ‘Eppy’ Epstein reopens his iconic Long Island venue My Father’s Place, where some of the world’s most famous bands got their start
By Steven Davidson
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
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