Tablet Magazine » concerts http://www.tabletmag.com A New Read on Jewish Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:43:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Play It Again, Len http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/13798/play-it-again-len/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=play-it-again-len http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/13798/play-it-again-len/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:20:24 +0000 Liel Leibovitz http://www.tabletmag.com/?p=13798 Israel’s ongoing PR effort, always an embattled enterprise, found a new platform in Leonard Cohen. After his September 24 concert in Tel Aviv sold out in a matter of hours, and after his planned show in Ramallah was cancelled by Palestinian officials objecting to his stop in the Jewish state, Israel’s Ministry of Tourism approached the aging singer with an offer he’s likely to refuse: play one more show, in Nazareth, for Jewish and Arab audiences together.

Citing Cohen’s commitment to donate proceeds of his shows to victims of violence in both Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Noaz Bar Nir, the ministry’s director-general, called on Cohen to schedule a second gig in Israel and play Jesus’s hometown. Such a concert, he added, would “attract a large and varied audience from all the sectors of Israeli society, as well as tourists, who, together, can listen to moving music, enjoy the beauty of nature that surrounds the amphitheater and can realize the concert slogan” of peace and reconciliation. To which we say: Hallelujah.

Tourism Ministry Chief Urges Leonard Cohen to Perform in Nazareth [JPost]

]]> http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/13798/play-it-again-len/feed/ 0 Matisyahu to Play Central Park http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/9670/matisyahu-to-play-central-park/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=matisyahu-to-play-central-park http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/9670/matisyahu-to-play-central-park/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:08:34 +0000 Sara Ivry http://www.tabletmag.com/?p=9670 Hasidic reggae phenom Matisyahu (or, as the Ticketmaster electronic voice calls him, Matis-aya-who), plays New York’s Central Park Summer Stage tomorrow to promote his new album, Light. Matisyahu, who follows in the great tradition of Jews in reggae, told Boston Music Spotlight over the weekend that Light includes “electronic stuff, there’s more organic, singer-songwriter kind of stuff, there’s some more kind of indie rock vibe, some hip hop stuff.” Still, articulate-ness might not be his forte; on the catchy single “One Day” he admits “Sometimes in my tears I drown/and I never let it get me down.” And lyrics like “Stop with the violence/stop with the hate” suggest that coming up with an original message (remember “Imagine”? “Down by the Riverside”?) might be something of a challenge, too.

Matisyahu + Umphrey’s McGee at SummerStage [TONY]
Matisyahu Expands Sound, Vision on Light [Boston Music Spotlight]
One Day [Matisyahu’s MySpace]
Previously: Melody Maker [Tablet]

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