Popular israeli music

‘I want Adam Levine to bring me the cake’: Israeli pop star Nunu on five years of war and music

Nunu looks back on five years in the spotlight, shelving an album after October 7, and opening for Maroon 5.

AUGUST 28, 2026|BySAGI BEN NUN

NUNU BLOWS OUT the candle on her five-year career cake, alongside Guri Alfi (right), at the Barby last weekend

SASSON SHAULOV’S YouTube cover page for ‘Tamid Ohev Oti,’ translated from the Hebrew as ‘Always Loves Me.’

How 'Tamid Ohev Oti' became an unlikely Israeli anthem of 2024

“Tamid Ohev Oti” is more than a song; it’s a phenomenon uniting Israel through faith, rhythm, and hope.

DECEMBER 2, 2024|ByDAVID BRINN, DROR RAFAEL

Israeli pop sensation Adam has died at 64

Legendary pop star, Adam, died of cancer early Thursday morning, his family announced.

JUNE 27, 2024|ByHANNAH BROWN

Israeli singer Noa Kirel holds press conference in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022. Krill will represent Israel in the upcoming Eurovision contest.

Timeless tunes, artists top the rankings for Independence Day

Do all roads in Israeli pop music lead eventually to Eurovision?

APRIL 28, 2023|ByHANNAH BROWN

Idan Raichel sheds a few layers

Revered musical maestro strips to piano and voice for a new series of shows.

JULY 27, 2016ByDAVID BRINN

‘PERFORMING SOLO is still a work in process for me but it’s a great pleasure to emotionally connect with the audience,’ says world renowned Israeli musician Idan Raichel.

CONCERT REVIEW: Joss Stone, Barby Club, Tel Aviv, July 25

“I feel so lucky today,” Stone told the audience. “I never thought I’d be playing in Israel.”

JULY 26, 2016ByKAYLA ROSEN

Brian Jonestown Massacre heading back to TA

Among the band’s dozen albums are Strung Out in Heaven and Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?

JULY 23, 2016ByDAVID BRINN

ANTON NEWCOMBE, eccentric frontman of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Sounds like a war

The events surrounding the 1973 Yom Kippur War serve as a backdrop for Yair Yona’s latest album ‘Sword.’

JULY 18, 2016ByBARRY DAVIS

‘I THOUGHT about something I could do that might get the subject out there in a different way. So, I thought about doing something in music about the Yom Kippur War. That was the country’s biggest screw up ever,’ says local guitarist Yair Yona.

Buber's blues

Strauss may have begotten the country’s first Hebrew-language blues number, but his main avenue of expression is of a quintessentially universal nature.

JULY 10, 2016ByBARRY DAVIS

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev is on the war path

Regev issued a statement in which she said that she would not waste public funds on yet another elitist station that does not reflect the demographic composition of the nation.

JUNE 26, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN