We love David Cross, a lot. I mean how could one not love Tobias Funke? Well, our David Cross google alert brought us to a Jazz Review. and We know all about the David Cross’s Sub Pop release, that was funny and also political, which makes it dated, but anyway, this wasn’t for that David Cross, it was for the David Cross from classic prog-rock group, King Crimson. That was a bit disappointing, until we realized it was a review of one of our favorite Jewish jazz/rock groups, Pitom and their CD that just came out on genius, MacArthur award winning, John Zorn’s label! Runon sentences aside, check out the album and the review! Album at www.pitommusic.com / Review at jazzreviews.com
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.