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


Sequins, stars and songs in Jaffa

28 of this year’s Eurovision acts gave it their all for Israeli fans last week.

PAST ISRAELI Eurovision contestants Dana International (left) and Orna Datz (right) pose with current contender Imri Ziv

Israeli spoken word poet Pedro Grass releases debut album

Pedro Grass discusses his spoken-word inspiration, God’s Gmail presence, and the process of creating an album out of poetry.

Pedro Grass

Macklemore, LP to light up Live Park in Rishon

Number one hits "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us" to ring through the Holy Land.

Macklemore performs during the iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards (MMVAs) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 19, 2016.

Israeli hip hop artist Michael Cohen releases debut album

Michael Cohen aka Cohenbeats, in collaboration with Los Angeles-based record label Stone Throw Records, has just released his debut album, Daily Affirmations.

Israeli hip hop artist Michael Cohen

Imri Ziv’s "I Feel Alive" named Israeli entry for Eurovision 2017

The singer was chosen after winning a reality show competition on February 13.

Imri Ziv will be representing Israel in Eurovision 2017 after winning the reality show ‘The Next Star’

Talya Eliav channels iconic French singer for latest album

The Haifa-based musician says Barbara got inside her soul "like a sort of dybbuk."

Israeli vocalist Talya Eliav

Rapping in English

Hip-hop musical ‘The City’ brings an innovative style of theater to Jerusalem’s English speakers.

Hip-hop opera ‘The City,’ written entirely in rhyme and performed as one continuous song

Israeli students get a taste of the blues

“Israel is diverse with all kinds of different people lots of minorities.”

ROY YOUNG and his band play for Arab and Jewish students at the Lod Cultural Center on Thursday

Music: Renaissance woman

New York-based Israeli musician Shira Gavrielov returns home with a new album and a new concert.

Shira Gavrielov

Agababa beat

Eclectic ethos with The Aga Babot Trio.

The Aga Babot Trio