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Violinist Perishes on Italian Cruise Ship; Odd Connection with Titanic Musicians

January 19, 2012

I’ve been following the news about the tragic accident of the Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia. As a violinist, I was especially saddened to hear that Hungarian violinist Sandor Feher was among the drowning victims.  According to a post on NYDailyNews.com, the 38-year-old was working on the ship as a member of the Bianco [...]

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Detroit Symphony Violist’s Electrified Adventures with “The Symphony of Life”

January 11, 2012

I recently came across a story on the Calgary Herald about Detroit Symphony Orchestra principal violist Alexander Mishnaevski’s collaboration with keyboardist Stuart Zaltz as the rock duo Two Circles Music Co. Their newly released album, Symphony of Life, fuses Mishnaevski’s classical music background and love of jazz violin with Zaltz’s passion for 70s progressive rock [...]

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Hanukkah Harmonies from The Yeshiva Boys Choir and PS 22 Chorus

December 27, 2011

Today is the last day of Hanukkah, and I’d like to close things out with music from two fantastic children’s choirs – the Yeshiva Boys Choir (YBC) and the PS 22 Chorus. YBC has performed in sold-out shows all around the world. They’ve even had the opportunity to sing at renowned concert venues such as [...]

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Hanukkah with the World’s Greatest Jewish Rock Band

December 26, 2011

With just two days of Hanukkah left, I figured it was time to pull out the big guns – The Shlomones. The self-proclaimed “World’s Greatest Jewish Rock Band” did a hilarious takeoff of “The Time Warp” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show with their video “The Rocky Hora Chanukah Song”. You can enjoy the video [...]

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Surf Rock Hanukkah & Chinese Food on Christmas

December 25, 2011

Here on day six of my feature on eight days of Hanukkah music videos, I’d like to share the surf rock stylings of Meshugga Beach Party‘s “Shleppin’ and Kvetchin’”. I came across this video in a post on Laughing Squid by Rusty Blazenhoff. The original tune is off of their instrumental surf Hanukkah-themed album, Hot [...]

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Hanukkah Music Goes Country with “Hanukkah Mama”

December 24, 2011

For day five of my feature on eight days of Hanukkah music videos, I’m proud to post something I never thought I’d find – country-western Hanukkah music. New York singer-songwriter Dan Garson puts a little country twang into the holiday with his original tune, “Hanukkah Mama”. You can check it out below. To see the [...]

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Heavy Metal Hanukkah with Anvil

December 23, 2011

Here on day four of my eight days of Hanukkah music videos feature, the metalhead in me simply had to share Anvil’s rockin’ version of “Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah”. The Canadian metal band performed this song as part of The Hour’s holiday music special. Go ahead. Bang your head with the music. Just be careful [...]

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Chanukah: Rock of Ages Hits Just the Right Comedic Note

December 22, 2011

For day three of my feature on eight days of Hanukkah music videos, check out “Chanukah: Jewish Rock of Ages”. The video from www.aish.com is a Hanukkah-themed takeoff on songs including Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Great Balls of Fire”, the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive”, and Maroon 5′s “Moves like Jagger”. And for more Hanukkah videos, please [...]

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The Maccabeats’ Hanukkah “Miracle” video

December 21, 2011

The Maccabeats had a viral video phenomenon last year with “Candlelight”, a Hanukkah remix of Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite”. The a cappella group from Yeshiva University is sure to have another hit on their hands with their new video, “Miracle”. The song is a cover of a tune by Matisyahu and features a cameo by The [...]

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Light up Your Hanukkah Night with the Fountainheads

December 20, 2011

YouTube is an awesome place to find Hanukkah music videos. Over the next eight days, I’m going to share videos which range from rocking, to adorable, to just downright silly. Let’s kick this off with “Light up the Night”, a brand-new original Hanukkah song by The Ein Prat Fountainheads from the Ein Prat Academy in [...]

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