Browsing in: 2009
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Posted on The Forward Fives Chooses Shemspeed Albums
To quote the Forward Fives “2009 was a year in which three trends outweighed any individual releases: the hybrid Jewish rap, the recovered Sephardic swing, and the old made new and gritty …
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Posted on Y-Love, Rinat Gutman and Kol Isha
Found this on Jewlicious.com and since Rinat Gutman is the newest to the Shemspeed family, I thought I should post it and see what you all thought. Stay tuned for the Major Produced tracks …
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Posted on New Diwon & Smadar single on iTunes
Smadar Levi & Diwon , who performed at last weeks Sephardic Music Festival , have just released, “Esther”, their first single. The song mixes the words of Ehud Banai with Middle Eastern electronics, creating a fresh Sephardic sound …
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Posted on Shy Ronnie and Rihanna
A little while back we posted a video of BANGS takin you 2 da movies and before that we posted an Andy Samberg video. Well, here you could check out Andy with Rihanna as …
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Posted on The Forward Covers 2 Nights of SMF
Jordana Horn , one of our favorite journalists, reviewed a couple nights of the Sephardic Music Fest for The Forward . Our favorite line of her piece is the end where she writes about Yair Dalal and the fest …
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Posted on Photos from Sephardic Music Fest 2009
We just posted photos from the entire Sephardic Music Festival , ch-ch-ch-eck it out (HERE). Big ups to all the artists that performed this year, including – the legendary Yair Dalal , Electro Morocco , Matisyahu , Pharaoh’s Daughter , Diwon , Smadar Levi , Sarah Aroeste , & Galeet Dardashti’s “The Naming” , Rivka Amado & Elie Massias , Asefa and Michelle Webb , Aviva and Dan , Kosha Dillz , Y-Love , Eprhyme , …
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Posted on Rapper Drake Talks About His Bar Mitzvah
Drake played the Hot97 showcase a month before Eprhyme & Diwon , then Kanye West produced his music video called, “Best I Ever Had”. Then he recorded, “Forever” with Eminem , Lil’ Wayne and Mr. West. Well, Peter Rosenberg , …
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Posted on Closing of the Fest Warehouse Party Saturday Night! Matisyahu After Party!
Quick heads up for the Massive Warehouse/Matisyahu After Party this Saturday night. The party is going down, rain/snow or moonlight shine. It is this Saturday night, in a warehouse in …
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