Re: Jewish/Chr'ian radio

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

And I wonder (though I don't know) what (Moditz Hassid) Statman would feel 
about being featured (between the Jesus saves promos) on a Chr'ian station!


>From: Ari Davidow <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Magazine...Good idea
>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:10:03 -0400
>
> >Would Jews
> >tune into a known predominatly Christian station to hear their own
> >spiritual music?
>
>No.
>
>"Yes, Jesus saves, and now, following the god squad's stunning rendition
>of "what a friend I have in the lord," we'll play this debbie friedman
>number...."
>
>I'm having trouble visualizing this as having any relevance to a
>Jewish context.
>
>And, of course, for many of us, "Jewish" music has cultural roots,
>but doesn't speak (and may not have been written) to any religious
>context in the first place. I'd sooner expect to hear Statman's
>"Flatbush Waltz" or an excellent Freilachmaker's number on a
>bluegrass show.
>
>ari
>
>
>Ari Davidow
>ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
>list owner, jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>the klezmer shack: http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/
>
>


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