Nu? holiday music

This just in from Charming Hostess and Kugelplex:

Return to the great Jewish themes of outsider-ness & redemption with "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"--- in Yiddish! Performed by Kugelplex with vocals by Jewlia Eisenberg.

Morning Becomes Israeli

I am excited to introduce the Diaspora to my friend Assaf Krauss (at far right in the photo), who besides being a total sweetheart and stylish dude, is the hardworking drummer behind the Israeli indie rock band missFlag. They sing in English, tour occasionally in the States, and bring the house down in Israel. When I saw these guys in Jerusalem during ROI120, there were all the requisite touches - cute indie rock tee shirts, misshapen hairdos, screaming girls…

Somehow, missFlag has caught the ears of KCRW’s Nic "all your playlist are belong to me" Harcourt and will be performing a live studio set this (Monday) morning at 11:15 AM Pacific, or on the web whenever you damn well please. Tune in…this is an enormous vote of confidence in the band. Kol hakavod for making it happen, guys. Welcome to the indie big time.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass schedule announced

Yessssss! Oct. 5-7. See ya in my backyard.

See the lineup here

No, no, no

Two great Amy Winehouse links:

Pitchfork's review - finally, after I'm tired of the album already! And only a 6.4! WTF?!

And here, an amusing "Rehab" remix. These guys drop more specifics than Amy dishes and have a pretty impressive ability to rhyme "Anna Nicole."

Amy Winehouse feat. Pharoahe Monch & Jay-Z 'ReHab (Urban Legendz Escobar RMX)"