Tagged: music

Half a million views for All About The Benjamins on X!

Doc Jazz, Palestinian artist with a long-standing legacy of songs for the Palestinian cause, has made a comeback with unprecedented viewer outcomes: All About The Benjamins. A soul-penetrating work of art that stays with you after watching it – or should I say: undergoing it – this protest song kicks against the very roots of imperialistic and genocidal evil. Funky,...

In memoriam Walid Itayim: That Train

Walid Itayim, Palestinian/Lebanese guitar legend in the Lebanese blues and rock scene, passed away in 2020. He was a dear friend, and the news truly came as a big shock to me. A few years before he died, we had been working on my song “That Train”, in which I wanted to put a spotlight on his inspired soloing on...

Everything To Me re-released with new music video

“Everything To Me” is a song from Doc Jazz’s 2008 album inSURGency, which saw a re-release yesterday on Youtube, with a brand new music video. The new release, at this moment, remains on Youtube, and will not as of yet appear on other music carriers. The song is a slow, sweet and funky ballad, focused around synthesizers, drums, and vocals....

Why 2020 is such a bad year, and what to do about it

Believe it or not, there have been worse years than this one for some people on the globe. It has a lot to do with where you live, after all. Imagine having lived through the Gaza bombardment of 2014, for instance. I’m pretty sure you would rank that year as worse! Still, the general mood is created by consensus. Based...