Israeli music

Noa Kirel's bloody 'Love Song' video crosses a line for her young Israeli fans - comment

This is the 2026 Israeli version of the drunk clown scene from the cult comedy classic Uncle Buck.

|ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Canadian actor and comedian John Candy (1950 - 1994), circa 1990.
EYAL GOLAN performs at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv in June.

Eyal Golan’s ‘Science Fiction’ is Israel’s most played song of the year

Eyal Golan, Sarit Hadad and Avi Ohayon led ACUM’s annual rankings of Israel’s most played songs, performers, songwriters and composers.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
One of the cleaner parts of Noa Kirel’s new ‘Love Song.’

Stop crying over Noa Kirel’s bloody video, it’s time to let her grow up - comment

A highly unusual, explicit “18+” warning label flashes across the screen, cautioning that the video contains graphic violence and blood, but the collective shock is completely overblown.

|ByDUDI PATIMER
NUNU BLOWS OUT the candle on her five-year career cake, alongside Guri Alfi (right), at the Barby last weekend

‘I want Adam Levine to bring me the cake’: Israeli pop star Nunu on five years of war and music

Nunu looks back on five years in the spotlight, shelving an album after October 7, and opening for Maroon 5.

|BySAGI BEN NUN

Music for everybody in Eilat

This year’s Classicameri Festival spreads the fun musical word far and wide.

JANUARY 16, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS
CONDUCTOR, COMPOSER, pianist, and accordion player Omer Meir Wellber will lead the Classicameri Festival.

American-born musician Aryeh Naftaly looks to rekindle the Zionist dream

Judging by the lyrics of the dozen tracks, Naftaly has not only observed the Israeli zeitgeist, but he has internalized and processed his accrued understanding of the lay of the land here.

JANUARY 13, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS
THE ELEVATORS, with Aryeh Naftaly (left), in action.

Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari to perform in New Jersey on MLK Day, promoting unity 

The concert is devoted to promoting unity between the Black Christian and Jewish communities and to fighting hate through music while celebrating Martin Luther King Day.

JANUARY 13, 2024ByHANNAH BROWN
MIRI BEN-ARI with members of the Symphony of Brotherhood choir.

Freed hostage Mia Leimberg performs duet with Aviv Geffen

Geffen and Leimberg’s video for the song, which is titled “Black Sunrise,” opens with the moment Leimberg stepped out of a Hamas-driven van to be handed over to the Red Cross.

DECEMBER 23, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
MIA LEIMBERG, 17, who was recently released from Hamas captivity.

Playing for life: mother and son perform in Tel Aviv - feature

Soviet-born Jerusalemite pianist Oxana Yablonskaya celebrates a special birthday.

NOVEMBER 27, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS
Oxana Yavlonsky

Songs of the Tribe - feature

Israeli Opera soloists join the Ra'anana Symphonette Orchestra in a celebration of Israeli songs.

NOVEMBER 27, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN
The Ra'anana Symphonette Orchestra will be joined by Israeli Opera soloits on Tuesday.

The sounds of war

Musicians do their bit to raise spirits with new topical songs written and released since Oct. 7.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS
HANAN BEN ARI performs in Tel Aviv in 2021.

The JSO’s ‘prayer for Israel’

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra offers some healing sounds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS
THE JERUSALEM Symphony Orchestra.

Arie Levanon, Israeli composer, dies at 91

One of his personal favorites was the song “Tiyul B’Shnaim” (“A Walk for Two”), performed by Ran & Nama, which he considered his greatest contribution to Israeli music. 

NOVEMBER 1, 2023ByNERIA BARR
ARIE LEVANON

'Waiting for You at the End:' Yuval Dayan releases new Gaza war song

The songs is called "Keep your heart."

OCTOBER 27, 2023ByWALLA!