Popular israeli music

IDF paratrooper Yosef Haguel, associated with famed 'Ballad for a Medic,' dies at 80

Ballad for a Medic became one of Gaon’s most beloved songs, even though it wasn't played on Israeli radio stations for several years, except on Remembrance Day.

Yosef Haguel boards a convoy to Lebanon in August 2026.
NUNU BLOWS OUT the candle on her five-year career cake, alongside Guri Alfi (right), at the Barby last weekend

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

 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

 Israeli singer Adam (Haim Cohen), 1987.

Israeli pop sensation Adam has died at 64


Adam’s road to success

A one-time Tel Aviv busker recently went global when his single "If God Don’t Follow Me" got played on MTV’s "Teen Wolf."

"‘THE RESPONSES you get from people on the street really get you to keep going."

Music: A road well traveled

Even after 10 years, the special chemistry between musical couple Daniel Salomon and Dana Adini still comes through on their new album, ‘The Best, Live’.

‘I THINK there are two principal things in life which are really challenging... one is to get on with someone who is different from you, and the other is to write a good pop song,’ says singer songwriter Daniel Salomon, seen here with vocalist Dana Avivi.

Pushing the right buttons

French accordionist Vincent Peirani performs at the Eilat Chamber Musical Festival.

French accordionist Vincent Peirani

Jazz CD reviews

A review of this year's finest.

Gilad Hekselman

Exporting Israeli music

Or how to succeed in the music business abroad without really trying.

Marco Mendoza of Dead Daisies (right) with (from right) Jeremy Hulsh of Oleh! Records and David Edwards, former manager of INXS and co-founder of Dead Daisies

Music hath charms

Sitting down with Alexander Tamir, an engaging musical legend who now heads the Eden-Tamir Center in Ein Kerem.

Alexander Tamir enjoys a glass of homemade plum liquor.

At the ripe old age of 17, Israeli pop star Avishai Rosen shows maturity on new album

Rosen is finding his stride not only as a singer, but as a songwriter and composer as well.

Avishai Rosen

Rapping about it

Hip hop trio KGC performs at the Hullegeb Festival

KGC hip hop group

Classic rock super-group Dead Daisies return to Israel

The band has a special fondness for Israel, having performed one of its first shows together in Tel Aviv back in 2013.

Dead Daisies

Desert sounds for two

The Tzlilim Bamidbar Festival at Kibbutz Sde Boker will set the stage for a unique musical confluence – between a female icon and a male ‘Kochav Nolad’ half her age.

‘The odd couple’: Rivka Zohar and Liron Lev