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Girls in Trouble

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:52:03 +0000

Great performance at Limmud Fest 2010
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Wine

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:38:15 +0000

Summer is here and we all like to enjoy it in different ways.
A passion of ours here at matisyahu.co.uk is wine.

We enjoy buying, collecting and most of all drinking wine.

Over the years the wine market has changed massively. I remember a time when the only respectable country of origin for wine was France and anything else was just cheap and nasty. Today France is still a powerhouse in wine production and export – Champagne for example is going from strength to strength.
But the new world has really taken the imagination of the drinking public and offers great wine with attractive properties. Namely drinkability and price – without the pretentiousness.

Another major change is the way we buy wine. The local off licence store may have closed down and the move to supermarkets or to order wine online has been the direction of travel. Looking at Tesco Wine for example there are over 600 different wines available. There are nearly one hundred bottles for under £4.

Conversely there are some very expensive bottles available. Maybe the Louis Roederer Cristal 2002 would interest you at £145 per bottle.

Of interest to our readers the world of Kosher wine has really taken off. When I was a lad Kosher wine was associated with Kiddush wine. Sweet dessert wine for sacramental use only. Now for a variety of reasons the selection of Kosher wines available is better than ever. From Israel there has been several small vinyards that now have an international reputation for quality wines. They are winning wine competitions and some of the best are available in Michelin restaurants throughout the world. To be able to have crossed over into the secular marketplace is an amazing achievement.

We will be writing more on wine shortly. I am just going to have a little drink first.

Mor Kabasi

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:58:02 +0000

Watch out for the splendid Mor Kabasi

London-based Israeli pianist & singer Mor Karbasi is a sensation in Sephardic music.

She sings in Spanish, Hebrew & Ladino.

See Mor Kabasi LIVE in Rome on Friday 23 July 2010 at Villa Ada .

The Sandwich Swap

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:36:45 +0000

A new book for children written by Queen Rania of Jordan has caused quite a storm. Sales are brisk in the USA but she has refused an Israeli Hebrew translation.

It is a nice story about Pita & Hummus versus a Peanut Butter sandwich.

The Macaroons – Billy Bagel

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:09:35 +0000

The Macaroons – Billy Bagel
Something for the kids and the kids in us.

Cool Jewish Music in the UK in August

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:06:22 +0000

For a weekend of top Jewishy music LimmudFest is going to be the place to get it.

De Leon, who blend rock music from 15th Century Sephardic folk tunes infused with the deeply mysterious and entrancing cadences of the ancient Sephardic tradition – named for 12th Century Kabbalistic philosopher Moses DeLeon and front man Daniel Saks’ great-grandfather Giorgio DeLeon – DeLeon provide a unique chance to experience the rich musical history of Sephardic Judaism.

Ghettoplotz – Rabbi Rousing! Shtetl Shaking! See the rabbis dance to a heeb hop music mashup! GhettoPlotz is a house-klezmer mashup band from London fusing electronic beats with live instruments and visuals to create a dancefloor sensation.

Girls in Trouble is an indie-folk song cycle about the women of the Torah by Brooklyn-based musician, songwriter and poet Alicia Jo Rabins, which has developed into a full band who released their first album on Jdub Records in November 2009, hailed as “melodic, spare gorgeousness” (NBC.com) and “hauntingly lovely” (LA Weekly).

Kosha Dillz, New York rapper and hiphopper, fresh from a tour with Snoog Dogg, who explores Jewish ideas with contemporary beats and sounds.

The Shuk, an Israel-based ensemble of musicians and educators who excite and educate communities all over the world about Israel, Jewish society, culture & identity, through interactive and experiential musical performances, workshops, and lectures, to connect to Jewish culture.

Joel Chasnoff

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:57:29 +0000

Some entertaining videos featuring Comedian Joel Chasnoff for your entertainment.

Travelling with tefillin

Pesach

Bar Mitzvah

THE 188th CRYBABY BRIGADE – A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago takes on Hezbollah,

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:50:10 +0000

Matisyahu.co.uk has just been recommended this new book,
“THE 188th CRYBABY BRIGADE – A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago takes on Hezbollah” by Joel Chasnoff.
I am sure we will see him over in the UK to launch his comedy career and promote the book.

By all accounts it is a humorous and provocative memoir about his year in the IDF.

Avi Buffalo

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:08:16 +0000

Avi Buffalo is coming to London and will be performing at one of my old haunts – Cargo in Shoreditch.
What do you guys think of this music.
Have you bought tickets yet? only £10 and selling out fast.

UK DATES

20 Aug 2010 Glanusk Park, UK Green Man Festival
22 Aug 2010 Lancaster, UK Library
24 Aug 2010 London, UK Cargo
27 Aug 2010 Reading, UK Reading Festival
29 Aug 2010 Leeds, UK Leeds Festival
30 Aug 2010 Edinburgh, UK Edinburgh Festival
31 Aug 2010 Nottingham, UK Bodega

Avi Buffalo: What’s In It For? (Glasshouse, Pomona 02/17/10) from Lisa Michelle Bielsik on Vimeo.

Avi Buffalo – Truth Sets In from LaundroMatinee on Vimeo.

Avi Buffalo @ The Echo 05/12/09 from Timothy Murray on Vimeo.

Jew Lo

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:48:40 +0000

Live Honey