Audio has been sent to JewishMusicReport.com that was taken of Avraham Fried singing a brand new song live at a recent apearance. On the audio Fried says the song was composed by Mendy Jerufi and will be featured on the all new CD. According to some reports we are hearing the new CD could be released within the next 4-6 weeks. Of course this is not confirmed. For those unsure, this is not the Hebrew album which was announced recently but an all new album with original songs in line with My Fellow Jew and Bein Kach.

This song feels like classic Fried to us, and allthough the quality of the audio is not great, you can get a good enough idea of the song. We’re sure you will be hearing a lot of in the months to come! We decided since permission wasn’t granted and a leaked copy of the song that ended up on YouTube was taken down, we will respectfully not post the audio.

Please note the above art is not official, and the original photo was taken by Baruch Ezagui.  Are you excited for the official release!?

Ben Snuf’s about to release a brand new CD, here is the first single from that awaited release. The song is called “Rak Echod” is already becoming a huge hit at weddings in Israel. The lyrics and composition were done by Itzi Zilberstein. Arrangements were made by Meir Amar and Itzi Zilberstein.

Singer Sholom Jacobs performed at Menorah lightings across Germany this Chanukah, joining Shluchim Yehuda Teichtal in Berlin, Chaim Barkahn in Dusseldorf and Rabbi Eliezer Chitrik in Nuremberg.

After several successful years of bringing Jewish music to Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States in honor of Chanukah, singer Sholom Jacobs continued his tradition of bringing music to Eastern Europe with three smash shows in the German cities of Berlin, Dusseldorf and Nuremberg.

“Each year I put together a tour in places that cannot afford big productions but have many Jews,” explained Sholom. “The Lubavitcher rebbe asked us to share the Jewish spark and bring out the pintela yid in every Jew. There is no greater way to do that than by bringing music and dancing to people in parts of the world that have been through so much.”

Sholom was joined on this tour by producer and accompanist Avram Zamist, and the two delighted hundreds of people at every venue, which were coordinated with the help of local Chabad shluchim, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal (Berlin), Rabbi Chaim Barkahn (Dusseldorf) and Rabbi Eliezer Chitrik (Nuremberg).

The first show, which took place on the first night of Chanukah, was held at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, transforming the exact spot Hitler used for his hate filled rallies into an oasis of Jewish pride as over 1,800 people braved the extreme cold to enjoy a rare taste of Jewish music. Among those in attendance were United States Ambassador Philip D. Murphy, Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Thierse, Berlin Senator for Urban Development Michael Müller and chairwoman of the Alliance ’90/The Greens Bundestag parliamentary group Renate Künast.

Over 500 people, attended the second night’s concert, held in the city’s main square. The third night of Chanuah featured an indoor concert in Nuremberg, attended by over 250 people. Despite the frigid temperatures, people stayed well into the night in all three cities, singing and dancing well into the night as the both the light of the menorah and the warmth and beauty of Jewish music captured the magic of Chanukah.

Upon his return to New York, Sholom had the distinct privilege of lighting the Chanukah menorah at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza, giving New Yorkers equal opportunity to enjoy Sholom’s unique style and melodious voice.

[Text via COLLive.com]

ראיונות, סיקורים, ראיונות ושאר סופגניות – אני פה לשרותכם!
האזנה עריבה ורק טוב!

 Itzik Orlev with his most popular hit single “Mekudeshet” is doing it again, this time for the grooms and bar-mitzvah boys with his new single called “Birkat HaCohanim”.

Thanks to the overwhelming responses among the live audience Orlev has been performing to it has been made official that a new single is going to be released as well as a professional clip of Orlev’s live real performances. 

We have no doubt that this new single will also be a hit thanks to Orlev’s talent to make these special occasions even more special thanks to his music                               

Enjoy!

Avriram Tamam (24) was born in Bat Yam to a typical non-religious family. When he was three, he caused the family to make a dramatic change in their lifestyle. While the family was sitting together watching television, Aviram began to play with the shining, talking big box until it fell on his head with the glass screen shattering into sharp fragments and the little boy’s blood sprinkling the stone-tiled floor. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. His distraught mother vowed that if he comes back to the living, they will keep television out of the house and start to keep the Sabbath. From then on, Aviram grew up as a religious boy and was educated in Charadi schools. As a teenager he underwent a dark period where he questioned his beliefs and stopped being religious. After a deep, sometimes agonizing, personal search for himself, he was exposed to the world of music from which he found his way back to his religious roots.

Just recently, Aviram finished work on his premiere album that tells the story of his amazing life. As one who has lived in two worlds, Aviram sees himself as an emissary sent to bridge and bring together the two opposing camps, unite the two streams of life with the language that talks to everyone-music. The album combines ethnic music with a touch of rock, on a firm foundation of Afro-American music. Original melodies and lyrics, the fruit of Aviram’s creative pen, touch the depths of the heart and soul. As part of this fusion of two worlds, Aviram joined hands with his friends, top-ranked artists, Amir Benyon on banjo, Dudu Tasa, Aldad Tzitrin, Victor and Amir Pinto, with Shmulik Daniel from Hok Studio in charge of the musical production.
Almost Nothing Remains is the first single, a song that evokes the nostalgic ache for “Jerusalem that was” and is full of the longing and yearning for the unification and building of Jerusalem.

With the forthcoming release of the album, Aviram is appearing with his band in concerts around the country.

Enjoy listening!

Brand new video from a new song from Yosef Chaim Shwekey. The amazing song Hu Yivarech, arranged by Yoeli Dickmann. The clip was filmed during the recording studios in Bnei Brak Bennett. Directing and editing Judah Grovais.

For the High Holy Days Itzik Dadya will be appearing in Tel Aviv. Appearing with him for this special evening will be Yishai Lapidot, Gad Elbaz, Yonatan Shainfeld and Daniel Ahaviel. The show will take place two days before Rosh Hashana on 26/09/11. A week before the show, Itzik will release a NEW song called “Adam” that will be a duet with Gad Elbaz.

The Kinderlach are back! It’s too way too many years since their global mass hit debut album.

Yishai Lapidot and David Fadida bring you the amazing fillow up album, with their first single, BaMarom.

You can check out their all new website by visiting http://www.kinderlach.co.il/

The CD is expected in stores sometime next week.

Asher Ben does not stop for a moment, on his way to the forefront and making the Eastern music. It is paved, steadily and firmly. And releasing a second single, ”nitzotz hahaim“ - an energetic song, whose motto joy, jump-starting the heart of hearing the spark in his eyes.

“What ignited the spark in the eye of a sudden it happens prayers are made in heaven face and sing to the Creator …”

Ben worked intensely and thoroughly debut album, which take part in the first line of the Eastern music industry. Released first single from ”karov elav“, which won a warm embrace various media outlets.

Words and music by Sharon Avilhak [meydad Tasa, Ohad, Kfir Ben-Itzhak, Itzik dadya and more].

Processing and musical production: Doron Elimelech [meydad Tasa, Kfir Ben-Yitzhak, Ohad, Itzik dadya and more].

Here is one of those songs, Es Panecha, a special preview of whats to come.

Avishai Rosen does it again with yet another MEGA hit! His new single “GPS” was written after a ride with a taxi/cab driver who said to the passenger sitting next to him, “you see the device the g.p.s? It knows exactly where we are now. So if the g.p.s know where we are, surely and certainly שהקב”ה knows where we are… and is with us at every moment on the way to our destination” . This message left huge impression on Avishai, and together with Uriel Maor they wrote the lyrics to this song. Arranged by Uriel Maor music production of AVI Tal. Dedicated with love from Avishai Rosen to all travelers/passengers in “bein hazmanim” throughout the country and abroad.

Another exciting hit from singer Yuval Taieb is about to take the playlists by storm. A Day will Come (“Yom Yavo”), music and lyrics written by Yaakov Menashe and produced in the studios of Amos Cohen.  Youval taieb continues his campaign of encouragement, optimism and a call for unity and connection within am yisrael.

Taieb has been singing piyyutim since the age of eight.  Even then his father sensed that his considerable talent needed polishing and sent him to learn voice production and classical violin.  Along with his school lessons, the youngster listened to the leading lights in Arabic music, such as Um Kaltoum, Abdul Wahab, Abed Halim, Frid Al-Atrash and others.  Since then he has brought out a number of albums, sung duets with the leading singers in the country and studied with top musicologists.  Today, Taieb is considered, despite his youth, to be a walking encyclopaedia on everything in the realm of Arabic music.  An expert in Egyptian music, he takes calls from professionals seeking his advice on the source of melodies and maqams.

Youval taieb lectures in the history of poetry and piyyutim at various academic institutions, among others at a “secret” course at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem Taieb’s two previous singles have found a place in every home and studio.  Both Am Echad (“One People”) and his version of Halleluya brought joy and pleasure to many.  Work on the remaining songs from the anticipated album is almost complete.  Experts in the field who have heard material from the album expect the new album to garner enthusiastic acclaim.

The complete album is due to be released prior to the chagim be”H

From Shlager.info

We Have Expanded! After five years on the World Wide Web, and two months after Shlager launched its upgraded site, we are proud to announce the launching of our international version – Shlager.info.  

The new site is a portal that is almost identical to the familiar and beloved site, only in English. It includes favorite features such as Music, News, Singles, Videos, Performances, Galleries and new sections: Travel, Technology, Culture and Cantorial, for a complete surfing experience.

Shlager.info will focus on news that interests the overseas audience, but we promise not to neglect the content from Israel. There will be something for everyone. With the launch of the new site, a new editor joins Shlager, and will be responsible for updating site content 24 hours a day, excluding Shabbos and Yomim Tovim, of course.

The site is currently conducting a trial run. Have something to tell us? Please feel free to comment and suggest, criticize and compliment

“Birchas Habanim” composed by Eli Cohen, and features guest child soloist Eyal Moskowitz. The words are from a Tefilah that fathers say on Erev Yom Kippur, in which they request from Hakadosh Baruch Hu children who will be Tzadikim (or Tzadikos) who will be engaged in Torah and Mitzvos.

Lyrics:
ויהי רצון מלפני אבינו שבשמים
שייתן בליבך אהבתו ויראתו
ותהיה יראת השם על פניך כל ימי חייך

וייתן לך בנים ובנות צדיקים וצדיקות
עוסקים בתורה ובמצוות

Yuval has already released two singles with much positive feedback. He’s been getting a lot of attention on the religious media stations in Eretz Yisroel. Yuval Sela is a musician at heart who became a baal teshuva about 10 years ago. He has a rich musical past, and in recent years, he makes a living teaching music, harmony, theory and guitar. Yuval is quoted saying “The music in my soul. Once I knew chords, my inner voice was looking for new tunes, it’s kind of an inner drive. “Over the years, he composed two songs in the album of Ariel brothers (sons of Meir Ariel) and a song written and composed by the singer’s second album Moshe Levy (Bar Yochai). Enjoy this new single from his debut album, Yomim Tovim.