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Girls in Trouble Release HALF YOU HALF ME
“A dynamic folk-rock group” - The New Yorker
“One of the year’s stellar albums. Alicia Jo Rabins is one of my favorite singer-songwriters, and her storytelling skills continue to amaze me.” - Largehearted Boy
HALF YOU HALF ME is the sophomore debut of folksy indie pop group Girls in Trouble!
“Girls in Trouble is Brooklyn songwriter, violinist and Bible scholar (yup) Alicia Jo Rabins, who pens songs based on stories of Biblical women. Fans of Andrew Bird and Joanna Newsom are likely to dig her (no theological expertise required)” writes Time Out New York. Read More »
SHOTNEZ HAS BEEN UNLEASHED
International Trash Rock Madness From the Founders of Balkan Beat Box
“It’s as badass as it sounds” — Burdel Dali
JDub Digital has just released a beast of musical nature into the wild. SHOTNEZ is the debut album of Shotnez, a new project from the founders of Balkan Beat Box. The group bursts forth with a sound so unique the LA Times could only define it as “pure madness… a whole new way to play music.”
“I gotta tell ya folks, this alchemy of sound is sort of strange and like a Dr. Jekyll potion,
it might unleash your wild side!” says Generation Bass Read More »
The Sway Machinery To Debut New Album at SxSW
The Sway Machinery has almost completed their album release tour! Having already made stops in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Denver, The Sway Machinery heads next to the SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST music festival to debut The House of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 in three amazing showcases. The press they received in Pitchfork, AOL Spinner, and The Huffington Post can give you a taste of this band’s energy and artistry, but nothing beats a live performance, on stage, at one of the world’s greatest music festivals. See details below… Read More »
Sagol 59 Is Jerusalem’s Most Beloved! (Well, one of 100)
Time Out Jerusalem’s latest issue features 100 Jerusalem residents Israelis love, and “for some mysterious reason” (his words, not ours) Sagol 59 was listed in the “musicians” category! Below is a translation of the short interview conducted with the master of Israeli Hip-Hop.
Name: Sagol 59 (sometimes known as Khen Rotem), a respected M.C, one of the founding fathers of Israeli Hip Hop. Has 5 albums under his belt.
Age: 42
Lives in: Givat Ze’ev (originally from a kibbutz)
Why we chose him: Because he still believes he can change the world.
Things most people don’t know about him: Went to film school, lived in England, soon he will release a Blues album, all in Hebrew.
Motto for life: Always be sceptical about people who claim they have a motto for life.
The Sway Machinery with Khaira Arby: Album Release Tour
The Sway Machinery—a Brooklyn-based all-star collective that performs a cosmopolitan amalgam inspired by ancient Jewish Cantorial music, blues, afro-beat and rock—today releases The House of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 on JDub Records! The band has begun their album release tour, with stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Denver.
Clare Burson on Last Call with Carson Daly!
You all know Clare as a soulful indie songstress who has been written up in the NY Times, CNN, and NPR– well, on January 18th (day after MLK), Clare will be shifting medias from print to the big screen (or small, depending on the size of your television)! Join Clare as she performs a live concert at Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles that will be filmed for Last Call with Carson Daly. This is a great opportunity to see an up-and-coming talented musician in a unique intimate setting and to show your support for innovative Jewish music on national television!
She will be singing songs from her new album SILVER & ASH, inspired by her grandmother’s escape from Germany to Tennessee in 1938, and Clare’s own struggle with the legacy of family secrets and loss.
Come meet us while we’re out in LA! JDub Deb, Adam, Sharon, and Perlin will be at the show, and we’re buying a FREE DRINK for the first 100 PEOPLE who arrive. Did we mention you’ll be on TV??
We are also offering a special group rate to friends of JDub, for a limited time! Buy 10 or more tickets for only $5 each (half off, plus $2.50 service charge).
Simply e-mail us how many tickets you want to order. JDub will purchase tickets on your behalf and send you an invoice for the discounted rate. Tickets will be held at will call.
Clare Burson tapes for Carson Daly
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
@ Hotel Café
1632 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Doors open at 6:30 PM
Clare goes on at 7 PM sharp
$10 | 21+
Advance tickets are here:
https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets/?s=events_view&id=701
Made possible with support from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
Silver & Ash was supported by a grant from the Six Points Fellowship.
Clare Catches the Attention of CNN
CNN picked up the story behind Clare Burson’s Silver and Ash for their “Belief Blog” this week! The piece is titled “Curiousity of Jewish Roots Inspires Indie Singer’s Album,” and focuses on the religious and emotional aspects of Clare’s journey. Her album and all the work she put into it is well-deserving of all this amazing press!
Clare Hits a High Note with Press for Silver and Ash
Hers is no longer just the story of a hundred-and-seventeen-year-old piece of cheese. Clare Burson performed songs from her new album “Silver and Ash” last Thursday at Joe’s Pub, and the reviews are rolling in.
In a piece published this morning, the NYTimes interviewed Clare to learn more about the history behind the album. Spinner wrote a great, detailed chronicle of Clare’s artistic journey, and Popdose.com called the album “rich” and “moving.” Read More »
Can!!Can Featured in NME
The music publication NME is featuring this Can!!Can video for the song “Wife to Die” from their JDub digital release, Monsters & Healers. Download the album today!
The Wailing Wall Talks to The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post recently interviewed Jesse Rifkin on the Wailing Wall and reviewed his new album, The Low Hanging Fruit.
Within the mellifluous chords of The Wailing Wall’s indie music, we hear the discord of a ukulele jamming with a guitar, a trumpet vying for airtime with a bass, and a harmonium and pipe organ on stage with a trash can. This beautiful, organic pandemonium again puts us in touch with the creative origins of Jewish prayer.
That’s Jewish rebellion at its best. That’s real ‘bad.’