[HANASHIR:14858] Re: "Pop Bands Whose Beat Is Orthodox and Hip"

[rahel <rahel...>]

At 11:49 PM 7/14/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Another band (Yeshiva graduates) -- with obvious modern rock-n-roll 
>influences:  Blue Fringe....


In fact there are many orthodox yeshiva bands. one of the most famous - and 
probably amongst the first of this type - being the Diaspora Yeshiva Band 
hailing from the Diaspora Yeshiva in Israel. Avraham Rosenblum still 
performs - he lives in MD now. Ruby Harris - great fiddler, now lives in 
Chicago. Ben Zion Solomon, a Breslover, has been reviving Breslov music for 
some years now - still lives on Moshav Modiin - Carlebach's Israeli home 
site. All these people can be found on the web. There are some other great 
orthodox groups and singers: Chaim David - originally from South Africa and 
still in Israel, Yehuda Glantz - originally from Argentina - singing really 
fine upbeat Latin style orthodox Jewish music. I could go on - but I really 
would like to mention TOFA'AH - of which I was a member for 15 years. All 
woman's orthodox band - music by women for women because they follow the 
halachah of "kol isha" - still going strong and still living in Israel!

Look them all up. I have recordings if you can't find them on the web!

Rahel

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