Jeremiah Lockwood of the Sway Machinery explains the history and confusion behind Jewish music.
Jewish music has a long and varied history, from the Song of Songs to Hasidic niggunim to Leonard Cohen and Joey Ramone. Here, Jeremiah Lockwood of the band The Sway Machinery gives his take about the history of Jewish music, and what defines a Jewish song.
Hasidic
Pronounced: khah-SID-ik, Origin: Hebrew, a stream within ultra-Orthodox Judaism that grew out of an 18th-century mystical revival movement.
Jeremiah Lockwood tells (and demonstrates) the duty and power of a cantor during the synagogue service.
Since I started listening to music again, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have become the only band that I listen to. ...
One of the most fiercely moving parts of Jewish High Holy Day services.