Hanukkah Gift Guide for Music History Nerds by Dr. Steve Singer Eight awesome reads for the budding Jewish ethnomusicologist in all of us. Read on Substack
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Dear Stuart,… by Dr. Steve Singer Elegy to a faaabulous Rebbe. Read on Substack
“If you’ve read this story before, don’t stop me because I’d like to hear it again.” – Groucho Marx Great jews in music? Irving Berlin—né Yisrael Bellin—master of American song who gave us “There’s No Business Like Show Business”, “G-d Bless America”, and “Puttin’ On The Ritz” (clearly written with Young Frankenstein in mind) said of Groucho Marx, “The world would not be in such a snarl if Marx was Groucho instead of Karl.” What’s