Music

Idit Mintzer and friends to perform at Manofim Festival

Idit Mintzer and Friends will perform at this month’s Manofim Festival in Jerusalem.

 BRASS LADY Idit Mintzer.
 MATTI CASPI performs in 2015.

Matti Caspi seeks aid for cancer treatment

 LAIVY MILLER, the son of Matisyahu, performs in Tel Aviv last week.

Laivy Miller: A chip off the Matisyahu block - concert review

 AVISHAI COHEN: I’m not sure this is my most personal record, but I think it’s my best!

Jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen to unload post-October 7 angst at Israel Festival


Ishay Ribo’s Friday magic - concert review

Singer-songwriter Ishay Ribo performed a pre-Shabbat concert with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

 ISHAY RIBO performs with the Israel Philharmonic in Tel Aviv on Friday.

'A Little Something': New album by 'Post' senior editor that touches on themes of war, hostages

Consisting of 11 songs that were written over the course of the past two years, the album is David Brinn’s second and is the fulfillment of a lifelong passion for music.

 Jerusalem Post senior editor David Brinn is seen recording music in his studio, in Ma'aleh Adumim.

Jerusalem highlights: July 11-17

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Jerusalem Cinematheque unveils renovated auditorium

US singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty to lesser assault charge in UK court

US singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty to 2023 assault charge on a music producer after being arrested in Manchester on Friday.

 U.S. singer Chris Brown, who has been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm in what prosecutors said was an "unprovoked attack" on a music producer at the Tape nightclub in central London in 2023, walks outside the Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain, July 11, 2025

ACUM awards music and literature prizes

Author Etgar Keret and composer Hagar Kadima receive Lifetime Achievement Awards.

 ETGAR KERET receives a Lifetime Achievement award from Roni Kuban.

'Not quite human': Popular band confirmed to have been AI, stunning fans

After stories broke that the band may not exist, the band’s Spotify bio was updated to read that artificial intelligence had been used.

 The Velvet Sundown.

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath delight adoring fans in emotional farewell gig

One of music's wildest frontmen, who once chewed off the head of a bat on stage, Osbourne performed sitting on a black throne.

 People visit the Ozzy Osbourne exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ahead of Black Sabbath's upcoming concert in Birmingham, Britain, July 2, 2025

Ralph Vaughan Williams: A humanist composer who opposed the Nazis, helped Jews

So, next time you hear the rapt, silken poetry of The Lark Ascending, give a thought not only to Vaughan Williams the composer, but to the humanist who opposed the Nazis.

  A portrait of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, c. 1920.

Jerusalem highlights: July 4-10

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Bar Rose

Israeli artists should compete in Eurovision under a neutral flag, Icelandic official suggests

The EBU will discuss a call from Iceland’s public broadcaster to ban Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest in its upcoming meeting of the EBU General Assembly in London.

 Yuval Raphael, representing Israel, attends the second semi-final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, May 15, 2025

'Israel are war criminals' Kneecap declares at Glastonbury after terror charges

The group has previously claimed that they were "playing characters" on stage, and it was up to the audience to interpret their messages.

 Mo Chara of Kneecap, wearing a keffiyeh, performs at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2025.