Music

Classicameri Festival : Music to be savored and enjoyed

Once again, the Classicameri Festival provided value for money and left audiences buzzing and with a spring in their step. 

Sergei Nakariakov.
Shyfrin (center) at Abbey Road Studios with producer Mike Hedges (L) and arranger Fred Luzignant

Music, kabbalah, and time: Inside Eduard Shyfrin’s kabbalistic soundscape

TAYLOR SWIFT reacts on stage during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, February 2, 2025.

Taylor Swift to be inducted in Songwriters Hall of Fame, will become second-youngest ever

Conductor Zubin Mehta attends the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Duet Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 10, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California; illustrative.

Zubin Mehta cancels all Israeli shows, cites Netanyahu's 'treatment of Palestinians'


US House reaches bipartisan majority opposing radio performance tax

The Local Radio Freedom Act crossed a key House majority threshold, reflecting bipartisan resistance to new fees on local radio broadcasters.

 US Senate floor

The composer who solved a riddle: Hana Ajiashvili takes the Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music

2026 Azrieli Prize winner Hana Ajiashvili reimagines a medieval riddle in “Riddle,” shaping history and personal experience into a powerful score.

Hana accepting her prize at the announcement of the 2026 Laureates in Montreal on November 13, 2025.

The ever-evolving David Broza: A new live jazz album

David Broza's music career has spanned decades and genres, and his new Jazz venture is as bold as he's always been.

JPost sits down with David Broza.

Spotify down for thousands of US users, Downdetector shows

There were more than 13,500 reports of issues with the streaming platform as of 09:09 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.

 Designing taste itself for you. Spotify

Daphna Ban explores growing up and identity in new album Heat Wave

“I guess the album is really about growing up and shaping yourself as a young adult trying to make sense of everything that happens to you,” said Daphna Ban.

 A ‘heat wave' from Daphna Ban.

Scottish band Primal Scream draws backlash over backdrop of Israeli officials with swastika-eyes

Primal Scream is also one of the most prominent acts to demand in recent months that its music not be available on the music platform Spotify to listeners in Israel

Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream performs onstage in front of a display featuring a swastika-Star of David hybrid during a concert at the Roundhouse music venue on Dec. 08, 2025 in London, England.

Jerusalem Highlights: December 12-18

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Winter Dreams at the Botanical Gardens.

Paul Simon shattered my dreams: Support for Barghouti is profoundly dissapointing - opinion

Paul Simon's music has enriched many lives and provided joy and inspiration, but many are disappointed by his stance.

PAUL SIMON performs onstage at the 2021 Global Citizen Live concert at Central Park in New York. ‘I find it hard to believe that your father, a professor of education, would have approved of your recent stance,’ the writer asserts.

Open for business in Ra’anana: A new jazz festival spreads its musical options

The three-dayer (December 18-20) comes clean from the off and calls itself World. Jazz. Music. Festival. 

MOROCCAN ARTIST Hind Ennaira will perform at the World. Jazz. Music. Festival.

Black Hole Blues: At the Edge of Time, Space, and No Return

Black Hole is an entity which produces so strong force of gravity that nothing even light can escape.

Black Hole Blues