Jewish Hipsters: Even more possible musicians for Detroit's JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music Fest

They're young, hip, and Jewish and are making noise. Here is a list of some cool Jewish musicians that I passed along to the JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music Fest committee. These folks play rock clubs as well as Jewish events and do it with style, with their Jewish identity a significant portion of their stage identity. For more of an explanation see my earlier post about Yiddish singers. As always, this is just a intro list..there's lots more out there.

Jeremiah Lockwood & Sway Machinery
Grandson of a cantor and a passionate delta blues guitarist, Lockwood
fuses the two into an amazing mix. Imagine if the Blues Brothers went
to Yeshiva instead of Catholic School.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLVQjV7wlQQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hfVIGwwtb8&feature=related
http://www.swaymachinery.com/

Girls in Trouble
Alicia Jo Rabins folk-pop band, singing in English about the stories
of women in the Torah. Personal favorite of mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r16i1lXk098
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q7p2hiCl7A
http://www.myspace.com/girlsintroublemusic

Y-Love
Amazingly good Orthodox hip-hop rapper. Raps in English, Yiddish, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsBd52_6iB0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqtpuVowuX
http://www.myspace.com/ylove

StereoSinai
Yummy "Bible-gum" pop band from Chicago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8qD3F7ybCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX7OHf-8nrY
http://www.g-dcast.com/lech-lecha
http://stereosinai.blogspot.com/

David Griffin's Hebrew School
Wonderful guitar pop band that channels 1960's and 70's pop music
http://www.myspace.com/hebrewschool
http://www.youtube.com/user/hebrewschoolmusic#p/u/5/L0py5axAgto

Shir Yaakov, Eprhyme & Darshan
Shir Yaakov's a soulful singer who performs solo and teams up with
hip-hop rapper Eprhyme in the band Darshon.
Shir Yaakov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g5EzbMsCnU
Eprhyme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1C8TUFXa4A
Darshan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Vaom7l-I8

The Shondes
Riot-grrl punk band with lyrics centering on Jewish and queer identity politics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ZINwloL6Q
http://www.shondes.com/

Good for the Jews & The Leevees
"The best band in the world since last Tuesday" Hilarious comedy musical duo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1MeiqBbLc
http://www.goodforthejews.net

In that video the duo is backed by the band, The Leevees, a funny
Jewish rock band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMXqNllqEoU
http://www.theleevees.com

Rav Shmuel
Hassidic folk-rock singer-songwriter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiV_PI1-zLU
http://www.ravshmuel.com/

The Wailing Wall.
Swirly Bob Dylan-esque folk rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irD0imPfN6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKqxZHw9T_E