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- Theresa Verity
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- "Hassidic (yes, Hassidic) Reggae"
- Summary: Matisyahu is a Hassidic Jew, and the front man for his own reggae band.
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Review of Hassidic (yes, Hassidic) Reggae
Theresa Verity
Posted on March 15, 2005 at 05:12 PM
I downloaded this as a Podcast a couple of days ago, and listened to it while driving home from work today... By the title, I thought it might be a comedy routine. In the vein of "Two Rabbis enter a bar..." I was intrigued to hear about a Chasidic Jew who didn't make a living singing something more traditionally conservative - ya'know... chanting niggunim. Anyway, I'm tooling along the road and find myself being drawn into this young man's story and music. I believe that the music would be of interest to Christians and Jews, but I believe that it may resonate more with the Jews in the audience. I know, it did with me (found Matisyahu's website and ordered the CD). I give this presentation five Chai's out of five. Excellent!