Daniel Cainer and Bob Bossin are performing together in several cities in the province Oct. 18-25. Cainer is a British singer-songwriter, described as “the Comic Bard of Anglo-Jewry,” and Bossin is the founder of Canada’s renowned 1970s and ’80s folk…
On Oct. 7, Iraqis in Pajamas released a dance remix of “’Til You Can Dance Again.” In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, singer, songwriter and bass player Loolwa Khazzoom stopped dancing and making music. Joy felt…
This summer, Tzimmes celebrated its 40th anniversary. Band members from far and wide, old and new, gathered in Vancouver on Aug. 17 to mark the occasion with food, laughter and, of course, a little music. The Vancouver ensemble is known…
Vancouver Opera’s 2026-2027 season features Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, with Jewish community member Idan Cohen directing the latter. The season opens with Tosca, a co-production performed under the baton of…
Recorded in Nashville, Carol Sokoloff’s latest album, Change in the Weather, went live on several streaming platforms in late May and the CD was launched to a packed house at the Coda in Victoria on May 30. (photo from Carol…
Rebecca Sichon will perform a set at the Mission Folk Music Festival on July 26. She, her father Boris Sichon, DIVKA and Nastasia Y share the stage earlier that day as well. (photo by Sara De Ledesma) Ukrainian-Canadian jazz, soul…
Local Israeli cover band HaOpziot will get people dancing at this year’s Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations on April 21. (photo from JFGV) “As we hold Israel close to our hearts, we are reminded that our connection transcends oceans,” wrote Ezra Shanken,…
Kiryat Shmona musician Ben Golan will perform at the Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations in Vancouver April 21. (photo from Ben Golan) “Music for me is a way to say: we are still here, still alive, still building a future. It gives…
On March 8, Joshua Jacobson, professor emeritus of music at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., spoke on the topic Jewish Music: What’s That? The Zoom lecture was the fifth of six talks in Kolot Mayim Reform Temple’s 2025/26 Voices of Jewish…
Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ezra Ben-Shalom’s debut solo album, Known and Unknown, was released in 2025. (photo by Michelle Behr) With his debut solo album, released last year, Kelowna musician Ezra Ben-Shalom shows off his personal side, with a uniquely Jewish…
