music

Jewish dentist represents France in world’s most-watched song contest

Amir Haddad, who has Israeli and French citizenship, will perform in the Eurovision 2016 finals on Saturday.

Ezra Furman — a gender-bending, genre-crossing, observant Jewish rocker — is the next big thing

He's known for wearing dresses and laying tefillin on tour — but it's his music that has earned him the label of one of the "most compelling" acts in indie rock.

How “Go Down, Moses” Took the Underground Railroad to the Seder Table

Q: What do Passover, Paul Robeson, and one particular episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air all have in common? A: This song: The earliest recording of “Go Down Moses” was found as a battle hymn for the escaped slaves of Fort Monroe sometime before July 1862. After that, the song gained a lot of […]