Re: The New York Times and Jewish Music

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>>So it would appear that the NYTimes continues to do its best to maintain 
>>it's perfect record for reviewing new Jewish recordings.

Jewish music is typically seen as either religious music, or ethnic music. 
In that context, does the times review religious recordings from other 
traditions? Outside of popular World Beat recordings, does it review 
recordings of "ethnic" interest - Indian or African or American Indian, or 
whatever?

In other words, is the New York Times not reviewing Jewish music because 
Jewish music fits into a larger pigeonhole of items that do not appear, to 
the Times, to be among "all the news fit to print," or is it just us?

Certainly raises a lot of issues about pigeonholing in general and trying 
to get new Jewish music noticed outside the Jewish press. It is especially 
frustrating because, perhaps more than is the case in other traditions, 
"Jewish" doesn't equate exactly to one culture or one type of religious 
expression (or any, necessarily).

ari


Ari Davidow
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