Recorded March 26 before a live audience, the Wellesley, Mass., show marked the first time the syndicated program has dedicated an entire episode to Jewish music.
If you ask Brooklyn-based musician Yoshie Fruchter, the great cantors of the 20th century —Yossele Rosenblatt, Leib Glantz, and Fruchter’s own grandfather — were actually laying the groundwork for a new brand of rock. If these names don’t ring a bell, don’t worry: Fruchter’s album Schizophonia, which reinterprets great cantorial recordings with the help of […]