Israel Beat Jewish Music Podcast

The Israel Beat Jewish Music Podcast interviews the latest Israeli and Jewish artists and covers a wide range of styles from Carlebach, cantorial, klezmer, Israeli trance, Mizrachi, rock, Sephardic, hasidic and everything in between. Past interviews have included Matisyahu, Avraham Fried, and Miri Ben-Ari. IsraelBeat broadcasts live every Sunday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Israel time on http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Dov Shurin Releases Gush Katif Tribute and Praises John Lennon

Interview with Dov Shurin, famous for his hit Zochreini Na on his new greatest hits CD, Return to Your Cities which includes his new harrowing Gush Katif tribute song. In this candid discussion, Dov talks his love for Hashem, the Ichud Leumi - National Union Party, The Beatles, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and his upcoming animated video tribute to John Lennon.

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Wild Israeli Klezmer with Oy Division

Interview with clarinetist Eyal Talmudi of Oy Division on their wild shows at Tel Aviv night clubs and the history of Yiddish in Israel. This Israeli band plays super fast authentic style klezmer as well as their own crazy Yiddish versions of 60's classic rock. Also, hot new Jewish songs by Ovadia Hamama and Aharit Hayamim. Tune in for the CD trivia question giveaway.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Rabbi Kook Jazz Poetry with Greg Wall

Interview with Rabbi Greg Wall and the Later Prophets and Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein on their new CD Ha'Orot featuring English and Hebrew renditions of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook's poems backed by groovy jazz. For full text interview click here.

Plus cool Jewish music for Passover from Yossi and Yerachmiel, Yigal Bashan, the Rabbi's Sons, Tuvia Bolton, Shlomo Carlebach and a little old school Jewish Yemenite music by request.

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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Israeli Pesach Metal with Amaseffer

Interview with Erez Yohanan of the Israeli progressive metal band Amaseffer on their award winning album about the Jewish Exodus from Egypt.

Plus great Pesach music from Binyamin Nakonechny, Shlom Bar & Habrera Hativit. Yaakov Shwekey and Yonatan Razel, and Reva L'Sheva.

For podcast click here.

For text article click here.