On the cusp of 40, soft-spoken musician Rona Kenan, daughter of the mercurial leftist Amos Kenan, has come out with a hard-wrought album. In it she looks beyond her own private walls to ask poignant questions about why life is so alienating and chaotic today
In its first performance in Israel, 'Yiddish Glory' played the lost songs of lost Jews in a nearly lost language
Testimonies revealed in report on Channel 13 open leads police didn't check, including claims by then-minor fans that Golan asked them to 'pamper' his friends
Pop music has always been a game of influences and references, but now, when a new song comes out in Israel, it often sounds like something we’ve heard before
Despite the fact that he’s in Israel as the guest of the Israel Blues Society, Burns insists he’s not a 'true bluesman'
'Nana Banana' very quickly turns into one-dimensional, superficial pop
Yariv Alter had two lives: one as a young musician in Tel Aviv in the alternative band DXM, and another as an artist and a teacher in Amsterdam. Artists, friends and former bandmates reflect on a tortured but uniquely talented soul
Final round of tickets for the song contest, which will be held in Israel next month, is expected to go on sale Tuesday night
What makes teen superstar Noa Kirel tick? Haaretz spent five months on the road with the singer-dancer-actress, who turned 18 this week, in an effort to crack the secrets of her meteoric success
Does the fact that Israeli musician Ellyot composed a soundtrack for a German classic have anything to do with the Holocaust?
The tale of Israel's miraculous double Eurovision win, and the birth of the most successful song to come out of the contest since ABBA
The famed musician who helped engineer 'Abbey Road' and 'Dark Side of the Moon' is returning to Israel as part of his 70th birthday tour
The singer talks with Haaretz about her new album, Bach, the Israeli cross she has to bear and how to survive in the era of Cardi B.
The country's candidate for this year, Kobi Marimi, faces a daunting mission to repeat Netta Barzilai's success, but history is against him
The settlement comes after Universal Music Group said the Israeli’s hit song was too similar to the White Stripes' ‘Seven Nation Army’
'The tragedy is that Jews learned nothing from the Holocaust,' Iceland's former Eurovision representative says
Hotel rates in Tel Aviv are running as high as $6,370 for the week of the song contest in May
The veteran choir was back on stage just weeks after 65 of its members were killed in 2016. Ahead of its tour in Israel, the group's director reveals some of the secrets of its charm
The Eurovision winner’s new song ‘Bassa Sababa’ could become an international hit. It mixes languages and melodies from various continents, the genre that ousted American pop from the top of the charts
The funky and futuristic music video stars a pink rhinoceros and cost almost a million shekels to produce
The Welsh singer, known for his hit 'Sex Bomb,' will perform at the Menora Mivtachim stadium on July 3
'China has an enormous arena for classical music, which is growing quickly and many in Israel don’t know about it,' says Prof. Arie Vardi, who will sit on the panel of jurists alongside Julliard professor Yoheved Kaplinsky
The production company blames Lana Del Rey’s cancellation amid BDS pressure for money woes, but artists call it a phony excuse
The 24-year old played a rendition of Cole Porter and Frank Sinatra while competing in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in Washington, D.C.
Australian rock star defended his decision to play in Israel 'as a principled stand against those who wish to bully, shame and silence musicians'
Feminist group disrupts event and places teen-size bras, panties outside the Knesset – furious at award being given to a singer, Eyal Golan, who once faced accusations of sexual misconduct with underage girls
Singer/songwriter, 68, had half-century-long career; one of biggest hits was song about losing bid to represent Israel at Eurovision
Salima Mourad, a singer who rose to fame in the early 1900s in Iraq – but remained there unlike many Jewish musicians – still strikes a chord today
The planned date for Bon Jovi's performance was revealed by accident in a newsletter the American rock band sent to fans
'I believe this will give hope to a younger generation and fulfill the values of a communal life,' said the leader of the veteran group in an announcement made in his name