Kathleen Reiter First Winner of Israel’s “The Voice”

Kathleen Reiter was named the winner of the premier season of “The Voice” in Israel on Saturday, March 31, 2012. The 23-year-old Ms. Reiter was born in Quebec, Canada, and made aliyah on a visit to Israel last summer. The four judges/coaches on the singing competition were Sarit Hadad, Rami Kleinstein, Aviv Geffen and Shlomi [...]

Opera-Pop Duo Jonathan and Charlotte are Stunning

It’s been a while since I have posted to this blog. Lately I’ve been coming across some fantastically talented musical performers. Here is a YouTube video of 17-year old Jonathan and 16-year old Charlotte auditioning for Britain’s Got Talent. What an amazing performance:

Il Volo Signed to Interscope Records

Two years ago, almost to the day, Art2u first wrote about these three young Italian tenors: Piereo Barone, 17, Ignazio Boschetto, 16, and Gianluca Ginoble, 16. Their debut cd was release in Italy in November 2010, and it went platinum. Released in the United States on May 17, 2011, on the Interscope label (a division [...]

A Catchy Chanukah Song by Senator Orrin Hatch

The senior senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, has written a Chanukah song! Senator Hatch has written many other songs, including “Heal Our Land,” which was performed at the second inauguration of President George W. Bush.

First Ever Jerusalem Hanukkah Flash Mob

Hanukkah Hey Ya! by Smooth-E (aka Eric Schwartz) went flash mob on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem on November 20, 2009, organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh. Catch the video:

Mark Vincent Has It

Mark Vincent, born in Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia, was just 15 when he won first place in Australia’s Got Talent on April 22, 2009. Inspired by his late grandfather to study opera, Mark also admires the great opera tenors Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti. For his first performance on the talent show, Mark performed [...]

Something Terrible is Happening

This Public Service Announcment is brought to you by CatholicVoteAction.org: Big Government Health Care PSA Note to Will Farrell: We’re just not that into you. See Also: Another Spoof on the MoveOn/Will Ferrell Health Care Vid [Big Hollywood; October 2, 2009]

Thousand Hand Bodhisattva (Guan Yin) (千手观音)

A friend from France sent me this fascinating and inspiring video. She has never given me a bum steer, so I took a look before attempting to translate the forwarded message from French into English. It said [and I don't vouch for the spelling or grammar], in part : Il y a en Chine une [...]

When the Orchestra Goes Green

The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra has been around for more than 10 years, performing on instruments made solely from fresh vegetables. And no, the musicians are not all vegetarians. More information: Vienna Vegetable Orchestra

A Joyous Sound: Hava Nagila, Texas Style

A Canadian friend, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, married to a New Zealander, who now lives in the United States, sent me this video. She describes it as “a hoot, hootenanny style.” The email she forwarded to me with the link included this anonymous comment: WE CAN CELEBRATE EACH OTHER’S CULTURE, EACH OTHER’S ACHIEVEMENT, NO [...]