• Burt Bacharach, sophisticated Jewish hitmaker of the ’60s and ’70s, dies at 94 

  Silow-Carroll, Andrew (Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), 2023-02-09)

  Burt Bacharach was a prolific and influential songwriter and composer, who, often in collaboration with lyricist Hal David, wrote hundreds of popular hit songs. His music is widely credited with elevating Dionne Warwick ...
• The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus 

  Bleaman, Isaac I (The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus, 2022)

  The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus, formerly the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus , is a group of forty singers spanning multiple generations, who are "committed to promoting Yiddish language and culture through beautiful ...
• ‘Hallelujah’ Review: From Leonard Cohen to Cale to Buckley to Shrek: A new documentary tells the entwined stories of a songwriter and his best-known composition 

  Scott, A.O. (New York Times, 2022-07-01)

  This is New York Times film reviewer, A.O. Scott's Critics Pick of the biographical documentary, "Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song." The directors, Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine trace the seven-year development ...
• Carole King 

  Rosen, Nancy; Adelstein, Rachel (Jewish Women's Archive, 2021-06-23)

  "Over the course of a career spanning more than half a century, Carole King has shaped American popular music behind the scenes, on stage, and in the recording studio. With her first husband, Gerry Goffin, she composed ...
• Stephen Sondheim on West Side Jews, Israel, and Cole Porter 

  Pogrebin, Abigail (Tablet, 2021-11-30)

  "An excerpt from ‘Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish’ about the legendary composer." Jews make up a small minority of the North American population. This leads many to assume that secular Jews grow ...
• Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 

  Weber, Bruce (The New York Times, 2021-11-26)

  A biographical essay on the occasion of the death of Stephen Sondheim, A Jewish American who was "one of Broadway history’s songwriting titans." Among his many accomplishments, he wrote the lyrics for the musical "West ...
• Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II 

  Shternshis, Anna; Korolenko, Psoy; Rosenberg, Dan (Canada Council of the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, 2021)

  North American Jews have explored--and continue to explore--Yiddish language, literature, theater, and music. In this project, Anna Shternshis, Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto, ...
• You Don't Bring Me Flowers 

  Diamond, Neil; Streisand, Barbra (YouTube, 2014-05-01)

  A performance by Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand of their hit song, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." The song was written by Marilyn and Alan Bergman and Neil Diamond. Click on the link above to listen and see the YouTube ...
• Aaron Copland Collection 

  Library of Congress (Library of Congress Music Division, 2020)

  The Music Division of the Library of Congress has a collection devoted to Aaron Copland. It includes photographs, articles and essays he wrote, his notated musical scores, his correspondence, etc. Click on the link above ...
• Keeping Score | Aaron Copland and the American Sound (FULL DOCUMENTARY AND CONCERT) 

  San Francisco Symphony; Thomas, Michael Tilson (YouTube, 2020-03-19)

  This is a full length documentary of the work of Aaron Copland and its significance to American music. The documentary illustrates how Copland explored the widely varied musical styles and influences of which the American ...
• Aaron Copland: American Composer 

  Machlis, Joseph (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2020-11-28)

  Aaron Copland was a well-known American composer whose work explored distinctly American themes and genres. Click on the link above to read the Encyclopedia Britannica's discussion of Copland's prolific work. Click on the ...
• Sophie Tucker 

  Borden, Anne (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-03-20)

  This article describes the career of Sophie Tucker, an international vaudeville star, who performed for over fifty years. She performed in both Yiddish and English. Her most well-known song was "My Yiddishe Momme,” which ...
• The Last Folksinger 

  Browne, David (Rolling Stone, 2019-10-10)

  In part, a biographic article about the folksinger, known as Ramblin' Jack Elliott, this article discusses Elliott's musical career, his widely-varied musical friendships with Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Sonny Terry and ...
• Remembering Steve Goodman, the folk singer who gave Chicago Cubs fans two anthems 

  Friedman, Gabe (Jewish Teelgraphic Agency (JTA), 2016-10-31)

  This article remembers the singer/songwriter Steve Goodman, who died of leukemia at the age of 36 in 1984. Goodman, a lifelong Chicago Cubs, fan, did not live to see his team win the World Series in 2016 for the first time ...
• City of New Orleans’ Writer Steve Goodman to Be Celebrated on Deluxe Album Reissues: Folk-country singer died at 36 in 1984, just prior to the release of his album ‘Affordable Art’ 

  Betts, Stephen L. (Rolling Stone Magazine, 2019-05-24)

  An article about folksinger, Steve Goodman. The article discusses Goodman's work, and what the author describes as his "perspicacious songwriting, which he injected with a deft sense of humor and keen observations about ...
• The Importance of Being Neil Diamond 

  Fong-Torres, Ben (Rolling Stone, 1976-09-23)

  A biographical portrait from the 1970s of Neil Diamond, a successful and influential songwriter and performer whose career has extended into the 2020s. Click on the link above to access this article brimming with the ...
• Martha Schlamme 1925 – 1985 

  Rothstein, Robert A. (Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia, Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-02-27)

  A brief biography and summary of Martha Schlamme's notable career. Born in Vienna, she came to the United States in 1948, She is known for helping to "popularize Yiddish and international folk songs" and for her interpretations ...
• East-West 

  The Butterfield Blues Band (starring Mike Bloomfield on lead guitar) (YouTube (originally Elektra records), 1966)

  Some of Michael Bloomfield's most inspired guitar playing. "Starting with the second section Michael played lead on a series of sections where he explored different modes, or scales, some of which were suggestive of Indian ...
• Jewish Guitar God Mike Bloomfield’s Blues 

  Lazarus, Ben (Tablet, 2016-08-30)

  The article is a biographical summary of "Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero" by Ed Ward which "explores the influential and tragic life of the underappreciated riff master" who played on Bob ...
• Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Music Head, Faces Down A Doubtful Music Business 

  Carmichael, Rodney (The Record: Music News From NPR, 2018-05-07)

  "The former rap mogul and current head of music at YouTube on #MeToo (sort of), Migos and his mortality." Click on the link above to access this article.

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