Dear Friends, Fans, and Supporters, I have to share some unfortunate news. After almost 9 years in operation, JDub’s Board of Directors has decided to wind down the organization. The decision to close was entirely financial, as the challenges facing our business model are too great to overcome. Read More »

A legend in his own right, the Gangsta Rabbi is a one man machine, playing flute, bass (backwards and upside down) and a myriad of percussion machines and pedals. By day, a town comptroller, by night– Steve Lieberman is the Gangsta Rabbi, a snarling, savage beast on stage and in his home-studio. Read More »

I can see those JDub CDs sitting in your virtual shopping cart, waiting to be purchased. Hey, I get it! It’s been a busy spring at JDub, you have 5 new albums to check out , and they are all awesome. Read More »

CASATA, the new album from DeLeon, is now available on Amazon , iTunes , and in the JDub store for the special price of $8.99 ! Download the album’s first singles for free below! “What DeVotchKa has done for Eastern European gypsy music, DeLeon aims to do for the sounds of Sephardic Judaism” writes Metromix. Read More »

“More Than Wine” is the first single off Casata, the groundshaking, dance move making new album by DeLeon! The track’s only lyric, “nothing makes the world cry more than wine” (sung in Ladino and English), is an old Judeo-Turkish proverb. Says bandleader Dan Saks, “I’m frequently drawn to music with simple, repetitive lyrics. Read More »

Things are getting steamy up here in NYC- which means it’s time to pump up those summer jams. Cue CASATA, DeLeon’s new album out June 14th! You can now pre-order your very own copy for $8.99. CASATA is  DeLeon’s re-imagining of ancient melodies into contemporary indie-rock pieces. Read More »

For the second year in a row, the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival is featuring an amazingly talented JDub band! Last year, both Girls in Trouble AND DeLeon traveled south to perform for our friends down under (the Mason-Dixon line). This year, The Sway Machinery heads to Georgia to perform at the festival’s closing night concert celebration. Read More »

“A dynamic folk-rock group” – The New Yorker “One of the year’s stellar albums. Alicia Jo Rabins is one of my favorite singer-songwriters, and her storytelling skills continue to amaze me. Read More »

Welcome to a JDub Kids and Kveller Passover movie production, “starring a talking, walking, fame-obsessed and more-glam-than-glam seder plate. Read More »

Girls in Trouble’s Upcoming Album Half You Half Me Brings the Stories of Biblical Heroines to Light “I find myself often going back to that record [ Girls in Trouble ] and marveling at the storytelling skills of Alicia Jo Rabins… Half You Half Me is another captivating collection of first person tales of women in the Torah. Read More »

DOWNLOAD SABBAPATH FOR FREE THROUGH JDUB DIGITAL’S WEBSTORE Walking around a small and dusty record store in Brooklyn one weekend , something odd caught Rob Markoff’s eye as he dug through old vinyl : “Sing Out it’s Shabbos” was described as “A folk rock Sabbath celebration by the young people of Temple Shaari Emeth, Englishtown, New Jersey. Read More »

International Trash Rock Madness From the Founders of Balkan Beat Box “It’s as badass as it sounds” — Burdel Dali JDub Digital has just released a beast of musical nature into the wild. SHOTNEZ is the debut album of Shotnez, a new project from the founders of Balkan Beat Box. Read More »

The Sway Machinery returns triumphant from an amazing South by Southwest experience! Their three shows could not have been more different, or more fantastic. First up was their End of an Ear in-store performance. The retro feel of this venue made for a perfect match, and The Sway Machinery’s horn section practically blew the roof off. Read More »

The Sway Machinery has almost completed their album release tour! Having already made stops in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Denver, The Sway Machinery heads next to the SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST music festival to debut The House of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 in three amazing showcases. Read More »

International Trash Rock Madness From the Founders of Balkan Beat Box On April 5th, 2011 , JDub Digital will release a beast of musical nature into the wild. SHOTNEZ is the debut album of Shotnez , a new project from the founders of Balkan Beat Box . Shotnez follows the tradition of Balkan Beat Box with its raw, unadorned sound. Read More »

SOULICO is revolutionizing everything we know about Middle Eastern music: their LP brought together an astonishing array of talent, featuring Ghostface Killah, Del Tha Funkee Homosapian, Lyrics Born and Rye Rye. Read More »

Time Out Jerusalem’s latest issue features 100 Jerusalem residents Israelis love, and “for some mysterious reason” (his words, not ours) Sagol 59 was listed in the “musicians” category! Below is a translation of the short interview conducted with the master of Israeli Hip-Hop. Name: Sagol 59 (sometimes known as Khen Rotem), a respected M. Read More »

The Sway Machinery —a Brooklyn-based all-star collective that performs a cosmopolitan amalgam inspired by ancient Jewish Cantorial music, blues, afro-beat and rock—will release The House of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 March 8 on JDub Records. Read More »

You all know Clare as a soulful indie songstress who has been written up in the NY Times, CNN , and NPR – well, on January 18th (day after MLK), Clare will be shifting medias from print to the big screen (or small, depending on the size of your Read More »

JDub Records and Jewcy are looking for interns to help with day-to-day work in our NYC offices. Candidates must be organized, motivated, interested in music, culture, and online media, and ideally good writers as well. Internships are unpaid and require a minimum commitment of 2 days per week. Read More »