Popular israeli music

How 'Tamid Ohev Oti' became an unlikely Israeli anthem of 2024

“Tamid Ohev Oti” is more than a song; it’s a phenomenon uniting Israel through faith, rhythm, and hope.

 SASSON SHAULOV’S YouTube cover page for ‘Tamid Ohev Oti,’ translated from the Hebrew as ‘Always Loves Me.’
 Israeli singer Adam (Haim Cohen), 1987.

Israeli pop sensation Adam has died at 64

 Israeli singer Noa Kirel holds press conference in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022. Krill will represent Israel in the upcoming Eurovision contest.

Timeless tunes, artists top the rankings for Independence Day

 Apple Music

Sony Music is turning to Israel for the next generation of international music stars


CONCERT REVIEW: Joss Stone, Barby Club, Tel Aviv, July 25

“I feel so lucky today,” Stone told the audience. “I never thought I’d be playing in Israel.”

English singer/songwriter Joss Stone

Brian Jonestown Massacre heading back to TA

Among the band’s dozen albums are Strung Out in Heaven and Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?

ANTON NEWCOMBE, eccentric frontman of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Sounds like a war

The events surrounding the 1973 Yom Kippur War serve as a backdrop for Yair Yona’s latest album ‘Sword.’

‘I THOUGHT about something I could do that might get the subject out there in a different way. So, I thought about doing something in music about the Yom Kippur War. That was the country’s biggest screw up ever,’ says local guitarist Yair Yona.

Buber's blues

Strauss may have begotten the country’s first Hebrew-language blues number, but his main avenue of expression is of a quintessentially universal nature.

Guitarist-vocalist Avner Strauss

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev is on the war path

Regev issued a statement in which she said that she would not waste public funds on yet another elitist station that does not reflect the demographic composition of the nation.

Culture Minister Miri Regev

Review: Ezra Furman and the Boyfriends Barby Club, Tel Aviv June 21

Furman’s shy, self-deprecating between-song patter contrasted with his frenetic performing energy and unpredictability.

EZRA FURMAN (2nd from left) and The Boyfriends charm local fans at Tel Aviv’s Barby Club.

The sweet smell of success

Israeli instrumental rock trio Tatran is ready to showcase their experimental mastery at Tel Aviv’s Barby Club

‘THE WAY we write music is like Bach or Beethoven, in the sense that they also didn’t need words and didn’t have a singer to express what they wanted to express,’ says Israeli instrumental rock trio Tatran.

Anonymous Moroccan musicians to take part in Andalusian Orchestra concert

Neither the names nor the images of two foreign soloists were revealed, for their own safety both in their homeland and abroad.

Israeli oud and violin artist Taiseer Elias.

Sobar so safe

Today’s Woodstock Festival is raising funds for Jerusalem’s first alcohol-free live music club for youth

Tracey Shipley

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A song for Sivan: 'Drink, herds'

Shiru Shir, Alexander Penn