Israeli Archives

150: Matti Caspi, ‘Not Good, Man Being Alone’

Did you know that God created Womb-Man as “a help against” her Man? Here Matti Caspi dons a white tux, sits down at a white grand piano in a cowshed, and serenades a very fetching Elsie in the funniest video I’ve ever seen.

October 18, 2024 by jeff Israeli Song Of the week 2

228: Roger Treece, Achinoam Nini (Noa), Vocalocity — ‘Protected’ (‘Mugan’)

A mad genius vocal arranger, a virtuoso vocalist and an vocal orchestra combine for a unique improvised a cappella concerto.

July 19, 2024 by jeff A Cappella Israeli Song Of the week 3

135: Kaveret, ‘Medina Ktana’ (Little Country)

My nominee for Israel’s national anthem.

May 7, 2024 by jeff Israeli Rock Song Of the week 12

315: Matti Caspi, ‘Eliezer Ben Yehuda’

How one crazy Jew reinvented a dead language.

March 28, 2024 by jeff Israeli Song Of the week 4

313: Idan Amedi, ‘M’nasim’ (Trying)

A singer, an actor, a hero.

January 31, 2024 by jeff Israeli Song Of the week 3

311: Chava Alberstein, ‘You Will Walk in the Field’ (Leah Goldberg)

Israel’s own genre, Memorial Music.

December 7, 2023 by jeff Israeli Song Of the week 3

310: Yehuda Poliker, ‘Ashes and Dust’

Two Israeli rock stars confront their Holocaust legacy.

November 23, 2023 by jeff Israeli Song Of the week 3

184: Arik Einstein, ‘Ruach Stav’ (‘Autumn Breeze’)

Autumn blues.

November 16, 2023 by jeff Israeli Song Of the week 5