Music

In tune with the East End

At 17, Janis Ian was snorting cocaine with Jimi Hendrix

‘I don’t regret a second of it'

The gospel truth about the church music that's Jewish

Why gospel singing is well at home in the synagogue.

When fame means having a full stomach

Joshua Radin went hungry when he was a struggling artist.

Paul Weller's favourite kibbutznik

Indie rocker Geva Alon reveals how his ‘hard, stressful and tense’ life as an Israeli fuels his hit albums

Israel's jazz legend owes it all to his mum

Bassist Avishai Cohen says his mother’s Ladino singing was a huge influence. That and Chick Corea.

An indie band that's Yuck, but in a good way

From the ashes of the ultra-Jewish Cajun Dance Party, the next big thing.

The Ladino songs that add fun to Pesach

Sephardi humour and music enhances the festival

The cellist takes a bow

Barbara Grunthal is a mainstay of the Manchester music scene