Corner Prophets

“Y-Love (Yitz Jordan) is an MC unlike any other. He is a black convert into the Bostener sect of chassidus (the mystical branch of Orthodox Judaism). He is among the most innovative freestylers on the scene, weaving seamless polyglot rhymes in English, Arabic, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Most unique is Y-Love’s revival of Aramaic, the ancient language used to discuss Jewish Law. With each word he spits in the tongue of the Talmud, Y-Love breathes new life into Hasidism, and hip-hop, one beat at a time.”

Visit Y-Love’s page at Modular Moods or check out his MySpace profile.

Improvisational Jazz & Poetry with The Kadima Collective, March 9

Join us for an evening of live jazz and poetry, featuring Jean Claude Jones and The Kadima Collective, with readings by Ronni Shendar and Dan ‘Mobius’ Sieradski.

The Kadima Musicians Collective is the vanguard of creative musical improvisation in Israel. For more information, visit kadimacollective.com.

Thursday, March 9 @ 9 PM (Tentatively)
Daila (4 Shlomzion Hamalka, Jerusalem)

Corner Prophets Presents Heeb Storytelling, March 21

Corner Prophets is pleased to present the first-ever installment of Heeb Storytelling - Jerusalem. The event will feature performances by Matthue Roth, Ann B. Young, and Dan ‘Mobius’ Sieradski, among others.

Tuesday, March 21 @ 9 PM
Daila (4 Shlmozion Hamalka, Jerusalem)

Regarding the Cipher

We’re still trying to nail down a new venue for the Old Jeruz Cipher. But never fear. It looks like we might be moving over to Sira 4 (formerly known as Diwan) for a trial run in April. Still working on a March date. Will notify as soon as we’ve got it figured out…

[UPDATED] Hip Hop Einstein, Sagol 59’s fourth album, will be released nationwide March 1st, on NMC Records. To celebrate the release, Sagol and DJ Caress will be holding a small, free gig at Jerusalem’s Music House (R’ Keren Hayesod) on Thursday, March 2, at 9:30 PM.

The following day, Friday, March 3, at 12 PM, there will be a release party at Tuvya (6 R’ Shushan, Jerusalem).

There will also be a large-scale release party with many special guest performers at the Sample Club (Nahalat Binyamin, Tel Aviv), on Thursday, March 9, at 9:30 PM.

To hear the lead single from the LP, “Current Affairs,” click here.

For more info, visit Sagol’s MySpace page.

In his curriculum for Israel educators, Israel From Bumper to Bumper, Gabe Salgado writes:

The beauty and poetry of Israel’s music and the bombastic, shrill nature of its bumper stickers, slogans and graffiti are two phenomena that play important roles in Israeli society. Both speak volumes about Israel’s politics, values, culture and passions — and both are invaluable educational tools that should be party of every Israel curriculum for young people.

By listening to Israeli music and absorbing the lyrics simultaneously, young students of Israel can connect on an emotional level to Israeli reality. By studying bumper stickers and their backstories, students stand to gain a tremendous amount of knowledge and insight into contemporary Israel.

Shirat Hasticker (”The Sticker Song”), written by veteran Israeli author and intellectual David Grossman and performed by the youth-oriented hip-hop band Hadag Nachash, is basically a hip-hop recitation of a long series of Israeli bumberstickers, perfectly oriented so that their meanings and sounds mesh and flow seamlessly. Shirat Hasticker presents Israel educators with an extraordinary opportunity to tap into the best of two worlds, the impact of the Israeli bumper sticker, and the power of the Israeli song.

Download Salgado’s full curriculum here (PDF).

To listen to the song, click the play button below.

For streaming video click here (WMV).

Thursday, February 16 at 11pm, Coolooloosh will perform with Rebel Sun, Sagol 59, Quami, Kashi, and MC Carolina at Jah-Pan in Tel Aviv.

2005 DMC Finalist DJ Rattle (Singapore)
with DJs Mesh, Fresh, Scruff, and Bassick

Friday, February 17
The Zamir
Allenby @ Ben Yehuda
Tel Aviv