MusicBowie music executive condemns campaign to block Israelis from streaming musicVeteran music executive who has worked with Bowie and Rolling Stones condemns geo-blocking campaignBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
MusicBjörk, Lorde and Paul Weller join 1,000 artists and labels to block Israelis from streaming their musicA new campaign aims to pressure music companies such as Sony, UMG and Warner to follow suitBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
MusicBristol venue accepts ‘mistake’ in Oi Va Voi cancellation and admits band was treated differently due to Jewish heritageThe British band welcomed the Bristol venue’s statementBy Elisa Bray3 min read
MusicOi Va Voi live review: A homecoming concert with the feel of a north London Jewish wedding ★★★★The dynamic band’s hometown performance at Islington Assembly Hall on Wednesday was a show of joyful Jewish defianceBy John Lewis2 min read
MusicWhen David Bowie fantasised about being HitlerBowie, the Sex Pistols, John Lennon: all flirted with Nazi imagery. Elisa Bray speaks to the author of a new book which examines the rock world’s fixation on fascismBy Elisa Bray9 min read
Sir Keir StarmerKeir Starmer ignores over 3,800 letters over Bob Vylan’s gig in his London constituencyThe notorious punk duo is scheduled to perform at Camden’s O2 Forum tomorrowBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read
MusicPunk icon Patti Smith reveals she is half JewishThe musician says in her new memoir that she discovered eight years ago her patrilineal ancestry was ‘100 per cent Ashkenazi’By Daniel Ben-David2 min read
We can’t stop Bob Vylan concert from going ahead next week says Camden Council boss‘No powers’ to prevent rap duo who led Glastonbury chant of ‘death to the IDF’ from playing at venue in Sir Keir Starmer constituencyBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||November 4, 2025 18:37
Oi Va Voi release new song for diaspora Jews who ‘feel unheard’The band were cancelled by two venues due to pressure from activists back in MayBy Elisa Bray3 min read||October 31, 2025 09:00
The choral angels who sing for the dyingSince being established just over a decade ago, Companion Voices has now grown to 13 groups around the UKBy Elisa Bray2 min read||October 29, 2025 12:18
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood: ‘I’m frightened to admit I still work with Israeli musicians’Radiohead guitarist defends collaborations with Israeli and Arab artists as bandmates reveal divisions over BDS and playing in IsraelBy Jane Prinsley3 min read||October 26, 2025 14:03
Azealia Banks performs in Tel Aviv on October 7 solidarity visitThe rapper also visited the site of the Nova music festivalBy JC Reporter1 min read||October 10, 2025 13:46
Robbie Williams cancels Turkey gig over ‘security concerns’ after anti-Israel backlashThe pop sensation has been accused of being a ‘Zionist’ because his wife is Jewish and he has performed in IsraelBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 5, 2025 10:37
‘It’s f***ing epic’: Azealia Banks on touring Israel and why she loves Zionism and Jews‘Everyone has been on Israel’s d*** and talking s*** about Jews all summer, but nobody will talk to Jewish people’By Jane Prinsley4 min read||September 29, 2025 14:36
Set by Israeli DJ Roi Perez cancelled after Gaza mob points out he is… IsraeliPerez had been due to appear at an East London club night next monthBy Simon Rocker1 min read||September 28, 2025 11:53
Keep politics out of Eurovision and build bridges, says Bucks Fizz singer Jay AstonThe singer, who triumphed at Eurovision in 1981, also expressed her hope that the hostages are releasedBy Elisa Bray2 min read||September 17, 2025 12:06
