hat tip to YouTube user Aslebow for posting the video.
Grin. I was just told (in the comments) that I'm 10 years late. Evidently Hamsa is 10 years old. I didn't realize that.
I'm a Conservative Jew living in a Christian farm town in Michigan, USA. For me, Jewish music used to be Adon Olam, Hava Nagila, and Fiddler on the Roof. I started getting a clue a few years ago. Jewish music is Klezmer dances, Sephardic ballads and Chassidic niggun. It's thousand year old hymns, three hundred year old Shabbat table songs and 60 year old partisan resistance songs. It's contemporary hip-hop, punk rock, electronica, jazz, and chamber music. In addition to loving its musical and spiritual qualities, Jewish music helps me connect my family with a much broader and diverse Jewish culture than is available locally. The Teruah blog helps me document my exploration and share it with others. Why the name Teruah? Teruah is a call on the shofar on Rosh Hashanna.
Check out my talk at the Ann Arbor District Library last year. "Ignite Second Stage: The Silver Age of American Jewish Music is Happening Now! And You're Missing It!"
4 comments:
you're 10 years late. this band came out around 1997. check out http://www.myspace.com/yerachmiel for new stuff
Somehow, I do not regret having missed this for the last ten years too terribly.
Hey,
This is Zvika from the Hamsa Boys...for the record we're NOT 10 years old yet...our band came out in late 2002 so we're about 6yo.. but we r working on a new album thats gonna come out by Lag Baomer. It's mostly Euro Techno and R&B
Hey, Zvika, I'll admit not being a huge fan of your style. Drop me a line, though, when your album is ready to hit the streets. I'd be glad to help spread the word (videos or audio tracks are helpful).
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