Cat’s Out of the Bag

Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens before he became a Meowslim at the height of disco inferno, has released his first album for nearly three decades.
“An Other Cup” went on sale along with a single, “Heaven/Where True Love Goes”, while the album was to be released in the United States on Tuesday.
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Aviad Cohen On Messianic Matisyahu

Canonist covers Aviad Cohen on Matisyahu.
Linguistically, Miller and Cohen evangelize a Jewish Mashiach through their respective music genres. It would be a probate fallacy to disregard inquiries into Jewish faith as a fad. As for the Beastie Boys, theirs is partly a move promoting political sovereignty for Tibet; a diplomatic bridge between China and Israel; [...]

Memorable Matisyahu

I finally got to see Matisyahu live at Hammerstein Ballroom last night in NYC.

For like a millisecond: went to see the status of the line outside the venue just a block from where I parked; get back to my ghetto fabulous car and find a parking ticket under my windshield wiper. There was only a [...]

Cocky Kanye: “I Should Be In The Bible”

Cocky rap star KANYE WEST is calling for a revised edition of THE BIBLE, because he thinks he should be a character in it.The JESUS WALKS hitmaker, who picked up three Grammy Awards last night (08FEB06), feels sure he’d be “a griot” (West African storyteller) in a modern Bible.
He says, “I bring up historical subjects [...]

Bob Dylan and Jesus

A documentary about the gospel songs of legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan will make its premiere this weekend on the Gospel Music Channel.
“Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan” highlights the work of Dylan’s gospel period, featuring performances, interviews and commentary on what critics call the most controversial era of Dylan’s career.The 90-minute film [...]

Misty Edwards

Purchased the album by Misty Edwards entitled, “Eternity” over at worshipmusic.com
Props: Forerunner Music (Misty Edwards)

Hip-Hop House of Prayer

An encouraging article from the Christian Science Monitor about revival in Harlem set to hip-hop beats: ‘Shake it out for Jesus’: Churches co-opt hip-hop

Schindler’s List soundtrack

Bought the Schinder's List soundtrack(John Williams, Composer) for the ride home…

Weep Wail

Attended Yom Kippur service at Beth Am Messiah this evening. They opened with one of my favorite songs by Avner and Rachel Boskey: a somber call to Weep Wail

Never Again

Never Again – by Reuven Ben-Menachem (Remedy)
(hebrew man praying)
Intro
Feel this
To all those races, colors, and creeds, every man bleeds
for the countless victims and all their families
of the murdered, tortured and slaved, raped,
robbed and persecuted – Never Again!
To the men, women, and children
Who died and struggled to live, never to be forgotten
(hebrew man praying)
Verse 1:
Yo my [...]

Bob Dylan’s “Saved”

Purchased Bob Dylan’s album, Saved. The music is kinda dated, but the message of Yeshua HaMoshiach still rings true.

50 Shekel

When I get the chance, I’ll look into 50 Shekel: the Jewish rapper who dubbed himself “The World’s Most Kosher MC,” is now calling himself “The Jewish Jesus Freak”