Music

Stephen Silver Here are some highlights of artistic events coming up in the District and nearby throughout the spring: February 27-April 5 The Arena Stage theater presents...

In November 2005, the United Nations adopted Resolution 60/7: Holocaust remembrance. The date selected, Jan. 27, was the day that one of the most notorious...

Steve Linde | JNS Cars slow on Music Row when their drivers hear a hook they recognize: a melody crafted in a small studio in...

Grace Gilson | JTA Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia’s public broadcasters said they will boycott this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after a Dec. 4...

Grace Gilson | JTA When Israeli pop star Yoni Bloch created a music video in January depicting scenes of the Israeli hostages returning through the...

Grace Gilson | JTA The Israeli sketch comedy show “Eretz Nehederet” is famous for parodying every aspect of Israeli politics and culture. But the smiles...

Grace Gilson | JTA Rapper Azealia Banks has announced that she will perform in Israel the week of the two-year anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7...

Ukrainian klezmer group Kommuna Lux is returning to the United States for its third consecutive year touring the country and raising money for people...

On Oct. 7, 2023, as Israel woke up to the horror of a massive terrorist assault, Jerusalem singer-songwriter Sara Elijah reached for her guitar. The song that emerged in the days that followed, “If You Hear Me,” was raw and vivid, a melancholic melody woven with imagery of captivity and aching hope.

JNS The manuscript of the original lyrics to one of the most popular, if once-controversial, songs by beloved poetess, composer and songwriter Naomi Shemer was...