Many of you know my love of Jewish spiritual expression through song. Previously I’ve explored hip-hop on this blog but kosher gospel is exploding on the Jewish world as well. If you haven’t heard Hazkeni Voices, you must. French by birth with African and Caribbean roots, they are releasing their first CD this month. The [...]
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The Premier of Make It
As promised, the crew at Shemspeed has released the official video of Make It, the latest from Y-Love and DeScribe who, in their own words, use hiphop to elevate, not tranquilize. So rise up…it’s Lag B’Omer! Get Make It at iTunes
The Making of Make It
A few weeks ago, I peeped the DeScribe-Y-Love-Prodezra collaboration video, Change, and followed up with a comment on the release of their new song, Make It. Now the Make It video is in production. As the Shemspeed blog reports, the shoot has been completed, replete with dancers, graff writers and ‘surprises’. I’m sure the video [...]
Hasidism Hits Hip Hop
The mixture of traditional Jewish and rap music was popularized a few years ago by artists from New York and Israel, among them Matisiyahu – who performs rap and reggae music with Jewish lyrics. Now that musical mixture is evolving to include new artists and new music with Hasidic themes. This genre has matured and [...]
A Familiar Blessing
Most of you will recognize the following prayer: May The Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. My first memories of it are from childhood. My pastor recited [...]
