Rock

Pioneering Israeli rock singer-songwriter Astar Shamir dies at 71

ACUM, the Israeli composers, authors, and music publishers’ rights organization, mourned Shamir as “a creator, author, singer, ACUM board member, and extraordinary woman.”

Israeli singer and songwriter Esther Shamir.
A partial view of a settlement from the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age), discovered during archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority near Motza Junction, about 5 km west of Jerusalem,  July 16, 2019; file photo.

Plaster-making technique attributed to Romans used at Motza some 8,000 years earlier, study shows

Ittai Binnun plays a large number of wind and other instruments.

Ittai Binnun’s ‘Home’: Jerusalem jazz meets post–Oct 7. reality

An IDF soldier operating in the West Bank, published on February 6, 2026.

Israeli settler wounded by rock, Palestinian shot by IDF soldier, in West Bank altercation


The Black Keys to make Israel debut this summer

Their latest album is Dropout Boogie, also the name of the tour that will bring them to Europe this summer and their final date, in Israel for the first time.

 THE BLACK KEYS

These ‘living rocks’ in Romania are able to grow and even move

The “living rocks” are native to Costesti, a small town north of Bucharest and the home of extremely unique rocks that are hard to find elsewhere.

 Costesti, Romania.

Disturbed on their way back to Israel this summer

Lead singer and staunch Israel supporter David Draiman: Roger Waters is cordially invited.

 DISTURBED, WITH David Draiman (third from left)

UK rock band Camel is returning to Israel for 50th anniversary show

The show will take place at the even grander Caesarea Amphitheater on May 22.

 CAMEL, WITH Andrew Latimer (left).

Israeli guitarist Yitzhak Klepter passes away at 72

One of Klepter's solos was rated as the greatest guitar solo in the history of Israeli music in 1997.

 Guitarist Yitzhak Klepter of the Israeli rockband Kaveret.

Russian exiles to rock Tel Aviv

Perhaps the best-known act, Sonic Death celebrated its 10th anniversary last year. The self-described power trio originally hails from St. Petersburg and is currently based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

 Diana Burkot, Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova, activists and members of Russian punk music group Pussy Riot, critical of the country's regime, perform during the band's anti-war concert tour, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at Shedhalle concert hall in Berlin, Germany May 12, 2022

Al Stewart makes history in his historically-driven performance

Stewart, the Scottish folk-rocker, looks and plays the part of a 77-year-old veteran who has been writing and singing for over five decades.

 Al Stewart and the Empty Pockets perform at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv on November 8, 2022.

‘F antisemitism,’ John Mellencamp says as Jewish lawyer is inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Allen Grubman, a prominent attorney who was being inducted for his innovations in artists creative rights over their work, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

 Attorney Allen Grubman, left, and rocker John Mellencamp speak onstage during the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Los Angeles, Nov. 5, 2022.

Arallu extreme metal band rocks Norway

Israeli heavy metal band Arallu performance at the Garage Festival was the first of its kind by an Israeli heavy metal band in Norway.

 Arallu Garage Festival

Calexico brings the southwest desert to Israel - review

The versatile Americana band, founded in Arizona, just keeps getting better, as this – their fourth appearance in Israel in the last 15 years – attested.

 CALEXICO PERFORMING Saturday night at Kav Rakia.