Archive for March, 2006
Ultrasound of Little Z (the baby)
Mar 23rd
In case you thought Marni was just gaining a little weight, this picture proves otherwise.
That is my baby, Little Z.
Wow!
Matisyahu’s Youth: A New Jew’s Review
Mar 9th
Matisyahu’s third album, Youth, while weaker than revolutionary Shake Off the Dust…Arise and the electric Live at Stubb’s, still firmly establishes the genre of Hassidic Reggae and Matisyahu and his band as one of the most exciting musicians today.
Matisyahu at the Paramount Theater, 2/28/06
Mar 2nd
Matisyahu played the Paramount Theater in Denver this past Tuesday. He was fantastic.
The Paramount is a 2000+ person venue, possibly the largest indoor venue in Denver next to Pepsi Center (where the Denver Nuggets/Avalanche play).
He sold it out at least three weeks ago.
Hi set included many perennial (don’t know if you can call anything a guy who has played for a few years "perrenial") favorites, King without a Crown, Exaltation, and Warrior. He even included a few tracks from his new album Youth
Matis channels the spirit of Bob Marley and infuses with a cantorial style (cantors are the people in synagogues who lead a Jewish congregation in prayer). It is unquestionably unique and shows how the spirituallity that is the underpinnings of Reggae music can be used to express religions other than Rastfarianism.
It is awesome. As a secular Jew who went to Yeshiva but finds the most spirituality in modern music, I feel as if this music has been inside of me for a long time.
Now it’s time for it to get out!
Definitely check him out.
