Building a stronger Israel, one song at a time!
The Jewish world is still reeling from news of the brutal murder of Ari Fuld, a passionate Zionist who worked tirelessly to spread his message across social media and throughout the world. Ari’s views on Israel and its neighbors were certainly and unabashedly right of center. That’s why it was […]
Updated 9/12 to include Kan Gimmel countdown info. Earlier today (9/7), Galgalatz radio concluded their year end countdown of the songs of the year, musicians of the year and newcomer of the year. For the most part, the results weren’t entirely surprising. People of the Year: Eden Ben Zaken Netta […]
To help promote their upcoming countdown of the songs of 5778, the folks at Galgalatz and Ynet compiled a few interesting statistics on the songs competing for the top spot this year. The songs with the most views on YouTube? 1. “Toy” by Netta Barzilai; 2. “Nevermind” by Dennis Lloyd; […]
Oh. My. God. A couple of weeks ago, Israel’s Eurovision winner / national hero Netta Barzilai was strutting her stuff throughout the USA, introducing her unique style to American audiences. She appeared on the Today Show and was interviewed by Billboard, among other appearances. But I just stumbled across the most […]
The music world was shaken yesterday with the news of Aretha Franklin’s passing at age 76. Israeli artists, first and foremost, are music fans themselves – and many expressed sorrow over Aretha’s passing. Here are a few selected words and videos. Miri Mesika, performing on the night of Aretha’s death: […]
Like many Israeli singers before her, Eden Ben Zaken is trying her luck singing in English, covering “Fresh” by Kool and the Gang. Think she has what it takes?
This past Sunday, as Static and Ben-El Tavori were performing live at a Bar Mitzvah in Rishon Letzion, rapper Static (aka Liraz Russo) fell off the stage and onto the wires and speakers on the floor. After concluding the show, Static was taken to the hospital for examination. He later […]
It’s that time again… With just about a month before Rosh Hashana, it’s time for Israel’s major radio stations to prepare for their annual year-end musical countdowns. As expected, Kan Gimmel opened up the voting for their countdown today. (We expect to see the same from Galgalatz any minute.) With […]
In 1957, Benny Amdursky and Yisrael Gurion teamed up to form “HaDuda’im“. In 2018, Benny’s son Assaf reunited with Yisrael to re-record some of the group’s most popular songs. This morning, Assaf and Yisrael appeared on Galgalatz radio to show off their results.
Exactly one year ago, Israeli singer Amir Fryszer Guttman passed away, carried away by rough seas while successfully saving his niece from drowning. Singer Michal Amdursky, one of Amir’s best friends, was with him at the beach that day. Obviously devastated by the loss of her friend, Michal was unable […]
