The top 10 Christmas songs written by Jews, from ‘Silver Bells’ to ‘Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow’
Lehman’s book tells of ‘Jewish songwriters, American songs’
A new CD claims to shine a light on a secret chapter in black-Jewish music history, but the secret is long out
“Part researched history, part clarifying criticism, and at times it becomes a phantasmagoria dreamscape.”
“an appreciative, scholarly study of traditional popular song that goes into considerable and enlightening detail about the intermingling of black and Jewish popular music.”
“a poet’s witty and ruminative examination of how Jewish songwriters…used outsider status to gain perspective in forging a canon of sophisticated, quintessentially American songs in the pre-rock era”
Rufus, Sting, Lou Reed, and a celebration of David Lehman’s Nextbook Press book
Lehman traces Jewish influence in American music
Prayer, poetry, and pop
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Headliners and sidemen
An expert picks his top ten favorites from the Jewish-written American songbook
Bob Dylan makes a Christmas album
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