Jerusalem

I just can't stop playing The Courage Of Others, the new album by Texan band Midlake, which is due to be released at the start of February. Read More

I'm not one for best-of lists generally, and it seems especially inappropriate for 2000-2009, a decade in which that which was terrible greatly overwhelmed that which was good, and that we can't even agree on a name for, perhaps because we don't want to. Read More

This column originally appeared May 7. Read More

Bethlehem, a town of 32,000 just south of Jerusalem, is ringed on three sides by Israel's West Bank separation barrier, portrayed by Israel as a shield against suicide bombers and by Palestinians as a land grab. Read More

However, if the proprietor had been playing, say, Naftule Brandwein 's recordings from the early 1920s, reissued as King of the Klezmer Clarinet (Rounder, 1997), I think I could have handled it. Read More

O Come All Ye Faithful to Bethlehem's first Christmas rock festival. Read More

The top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land called yesterday on the faithful to pray for peace in this troubled region at midnight mass in Bethlehem, Jesus's traditional birthplace. Read More

Neko Case is to animal metaphors what Siegfried and Roy are to dangerous jungle cats. Read More

The top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land called Friday on the faithful to pray for peace in this troubled region at midnight mass in Bethlehem, Jesus's traditional birthplace. Read More

Deadline for submissions is noon Monday. Read More