Mizrahi Jewish musician David 'Dudu' Tassa has teamed up with Jonny Greenwood, lead guitarist in internationally renowned British rock outfit Radiohead. The pair became firm friends when Tassa's band opened for Radiohead…
In 2009, a few years after graduating from the Jerusalem Academy of Music, Israeli composer and conductor Tom Cohen founded the Jerusalem Orchestra East & West (JOEW). His mission? To create “a new musical…
This month Leonard Cohen would have turned 88 and to mark the occasion, Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza is releasing a trio of Cohen covers. The first, released on the bard’s birthday, 21 September, will be the lilting love letter that is ‘So Long, Marianne’. Following this a month later…
In less than an hour, a promotional film about the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra sails at a rate of knots through nearly a century of cultural history. Its aim is to open the pockets of potential donors, but it's likely to open their…
After releasing their debut album Home in 2017, the Jerusalem Youth Chorus finally dropped the follow-up, Paintbrush, this week. Comprising 10 songs, the record is the first from the Israeli and Palestinian collective made…