Posts Tagged “Black Sabbath”
Black Sabbath is back! By popular demand, the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco has reopened the exhibit as of August 4th. If you missed it the first time around, or are just eager to see it again, head over to the CJM and check it out.
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The Black Sabbath app is still available for download for free. You can stream the album, watch videos, view photos and read the liner notes.
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An in-depth analysis of our Black Sabbath release by the mighty Terry Teachout of Commentary magazine. Terry’s piece is subscriber only but is worth investing in. He says of the tracks on Black Sabbath, “a few of these performances are little more than novelties, but others are both historically informative and powerfully moving, both as …
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Musical legend and San Francisco native Johnny Mathis, who grew up listening to Jewish melodies in local synagogues, makes a special appearance in celebration of the current exhibition Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations. It was Mathis’ 1958 recording of “Kol Nidre,” the Aramaic prayer intoned at the beginning of Yom …
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Johnny Mathis was no stranger to Jewish music when he recorded “Kol Nidre,” the soul-stirring Aramaic prayer sung at the start of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Growing up in San Francisco, the silken-voice singer was captivated by the cantorial music he heard in the synagogues of his Jewish friends.
“It was the extreme …
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