Yaakov Shwekey – Your Time
As you would expect, Yaakov Shwekey, one of the greatest Jewish singers today, presents a full production for the music video of his song “Your Time.”
Directed by Aharon Orian and produced by OlamMedia, the clip was filmed in Israel and Kiev, Ukraine. It shows an orphaned young boy living with his uncle and facing challenges in his life.
“There are so many people who struggle in this world and don’t see the results they want and that’s exactly what Hashem is expecting from us to try the best we can and leave the results to him,” Shwekey says of the song.
He said he hopes “this inspires many to celebrate their stories because as long as you’re here and trying, it’s your time.”
The lyrics were written by Mishpacha Magazine’s Contributing Editor Yisroel Besser, composed by Yitzy Waldner and arranged by Ravid Kashti.
Nachas – Matana
Brooklyn singer Nachas is back to dancing in front of the camera with his newest song and music video titled “Matana,” in which drives home the message that life is a gift.
The lyrics were written by Miriam Israeli, the song was composed by Mordechai Brezel and produced by Sruli Broncher. The music video was produced by Flatbush Media with Elimelech Sperling choreographing.
In the video, Nachas is seen sending balloons up to the sky with an inspirational message attached to them. They end up landing in the hands of people going through a tough moment and making them appreciate Hashem’s gifts.
Ari Goldwag – Today’s the Day
Leave it to Ari Goldwag to present his uplifting and self-composed song “Today’s the Day” with a clever music video filmed on the streets of Jerusalem and produced by Ann Lavon and written by Dovid Lavon of Lavonafilm Productions.
The video begins with Goldwag calling a Yeshiva bochur to check how he’s doing. The bochur is seen covered in dust, dirt and paint. The clip then rewinds back to show how it came to be.
Oh, and there are balloons also in this clip.
Nissim Black – King of the World
After a year break from releasing new songs, rapper Nissim Black returns with a heartfelt song. After his collaboration in 2015 with Gad Elbaz on the pop-rap song “Hashem Melech 2.0,” Nissim continues to keep crowning The King on his own.
“I was spending a great deal of time at the Grave of Kind David,” says Nissim. “I kept thinking about how he would praise G-d, with no shame, I thought it was inspiring and wanted to do the same.”
The song was produced by Nissim’s brother-in-law Yosef Brown. Nissim is currently working to complete his next full-length album to be titled “Gibor.”
Shloime Gertner – Hey Zeh Hazman
It’s been 2 months since British singer Shloime Gertner released his English album titled “Serenity.” To accommodate his fanbase in Israel, he had the title track translated to Hebrew and recorded it at Sonic Sound Recording Studios in Freeport, NY.
The lyrics were written by Miriam Israeli, song was composed by Yitzy Waldner, music was arranged by Ravid Kashti. Editing and mixing were done by Lazer Levy at Sound Sonic.
Mordechai Cohen – Shemcha Echad
Israeli singer Mordechai Cohen was one of the contestants on the talent show “Hakol Haba” (the next voice) of the Kol Chai radio station. But he has been singing for over 20 years.
Here he sings “Shimcha Echad,” a song he composed with Yanky Cohen arranging. He was joined by the Chaveirim mens choir in the studio.
And I really liked Ari Goldwag & Nissim Black’s clips. Their music has a positive message and is upbeat.
They are great and they do a lot of chabad nigunim
This music is geared towards a crowd that unfortunately craves secular music. These artists are doing a phenomenal job by putting Jewish music out in order to stop others from listening to worse. Kol Hakavod!
Although the sounds have evoluted with culture (which has been happening since the times of music in the Beis Hamikdash 😉 it’s incredible to see how Chassidus influences the messages that artists give to their audience! Just shows it’s exactly what everyone needs today!
Jewish music in the 80’s-90’s wasn’t just Fried and MBD; there were plenty of musicians who sounded ‘goyish’ back then too. Not saying it’s the best way of doing things, but it’s certainly nothing new.
I have a plan to sing the nigunim from what I know from nichoach and chassidus dot com and put them on youtube. I don’t believe in making them ‘modern’ and funky but it shouldn’t sound like a old recording if I work on taking care of my voice…
Good music is good music.
Just put out a lit music video! ‘Nyet Nyet’
Just wait for it.
Mark my words. “The international Nigun project”
I played each song only to stop them all after a few seconds.
Why does it all sound like what I would hear in a goyishe mall?
And I’m not blaming specific people, it just hurts me to see that as a frum, normal, (constantly working to be) chassidish girl that the Jewish music scene just doesnt seem so Jewish anymore.
There is room for people to compose their own music and make it fun and pary style and all that…but for it sound like this??
I’ve always been frustrated by the music scene and this doesnt help at all…
Chabad music is still here. These are cool, lively, and inspirational songs.
This is nice, but what happened to Chabad music? Is it over?
I agree with you that this music is crass, but there is some good Jewish music out there (not any of the above). Putting Hebrew or Yiddish words in a song doesn’t make it Jewish music, argue with that all who comment after this one.
I guess Jewish music is a lost art. This music is just so goyish. I think we ought to think about this, not to lose our senses and sensitivity. Just an observation.