Songwriter Barry Blue has written for Diana Ross and Celine Dion. Now he's got a new album out - of the songs that mean the most to him
A new collection of the music of Alberto Hemsi casts light on the songs of a lost community
By Mark Glanville
Musician and artist Daniel Blumberg tells Elisa Bray how he is inspired by Jewish music
By Elisa Bray
They call him 'the sanest man in the room', he's won an Oscar and a Tony, and at 82 his career in showbiz is still going strong. Lyricist Don Black tells John Nathan about his life - and his recent brush with Covid-19
By John Nathan
Music written in the ancient language of Spanish Jews is getting a very contemporary revamp
By Jacob Judah
As her new album of Haydn's cello concertos is released, Natalie Clein writes about making a 'letter of love' to live music
By Natalie Clein
Virtuoso violinist Maxim Vengerov puts his success down to his upbringing as a Jewish boy in the heart of Russia.. With celebrations of his 40 years as a performer on ice, he talked to Jessica Duchen about his career
By Jessica Duchen
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Little Richard started as a gospel singer but converted to Judaism in the 1980. Gerald Jacobs recalls an encounter with the star
By Gerald Jacobs
The Sicilian capital was once in the grips of the Mafia. But now, the city is forging a new future, with culture at its core, and Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber is playing a central role
By James Imam
They weren’t rock legends but, 50 years ago, they made rock history
By Johnny Belknap
Violinist Meg-Rosaleen Hamilton loves the emotional intensity of Jewish folk music
A generation of musicians was wiped from Vienna’s history by the Holocaust — some murdered, others exiled. Now their work is being collected and celebrated
The writer, performer, anthropologist and cultural diplomat speaks to Jessica Duchen
Gender fluid, observant Jew... musician Ezra Furman talks to Elisa Bray about his quest for authenticity
Barry Toberman speaks to the saxophonist who counts Sir Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Chuck Berry among those he has played with.
By Barry Toberman
Norman Lebrecht's new book profiles some of the most influential Jews of modern times - and a feature film based on one of his novels has just been premiered. 'It feels as though all my Chanucahs have come at once,' he tells Jenni Frazer
By Jenni Frazer