A few years ago 18 Israeli musicians got down to Cohen’s work and recorded their own Hebrew interpretations for an album called, ” A Stranger Song”. Cohen was really into the project, but that isn’t always enough, because it never reached the public. The label/publishing co. never gave over the rights and so the only way to get the album is by sifting through tons of obscure Israeli music blogs. So as to save you from geeking out, here is a direct link to download it.
Shemspeed is an independent recording label and promotional agency highlighting cross-over music artists with positive and unifying messages. Founded by Erez Safar, an American-Israeli DJ/Producer, Shemspeed promotes over 15 dynamic artists representing a wide range of genres including hip-hop, reggae, and rock. These artists include Y-Love (revolutionary Jewish hip-hop), Diwon (Yemenite / Sephardic hip-hop, Israeli music and more), DeScribe (soul-awakening dancehall, hip-hop, & soul), and Electro Morocco (Israeli rock, dance music.) Shemspeed artists, collectively showcasing the diversity in world Jewish music, have performed with musicians as varied as Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Idan Raichel and Eminem; they’ve been profiled in Rolling Stone, SPIN, The New York Times and XXL; and they’ve been seen and heard around the world on various TV appearances (Conan O’Brien, CBS and BBC World) and global radio. Shemspeed’s mission is unifying people through culture and education, celebrating diversity and common ground. By way of this work, we add a public Jewish voice to multi-cultural, inter-faith, creative and collaborative bridge-building.
A few years ago 18 Israeli musicians got down to Cohen’s work and recorded their own Hebrew interpretations for an album called, ” A Stranger Song”. Cohen was really into the project, but that isn’t always enough, because it never reached the public. The label/publishing co. never gave over the rights and so the only way to get the album is by sifting through tons of obscure Israeli music blogs. So as to save you from geeking out, here is a direct link to download it.