Versatile Israeli Violinist Has Hip-Hop Hit

[Los Angeles Jewish Journal] Loolwa Khazzoom - Perusing the hot R and B/Rap Billboard charts, one does not expect to see a red-headed Israeli artist represented by the No. 3 song - a violin-dominated musical number with no singing, rapping, or music sampling whatsoever. Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari's new single, "Symphony of Brotherhood" (featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech weaving in and out of an extended string solo), topped the charts just one month after its radio release.


2006-09-05 01:00:00

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