"I'm not a Jew," Grohl declared • So what made him release eight Hanukkah songs in a new performance?
• Bob Dylan, Pichis and the Mountain Band especially for the Feast of Lights
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Dave Grohl, lead singer of the Po Fighters, one of the most successful bands in the world, has a line for you: a series of eight songs for Hanukkah in a new performance.
"I'm not a Jew," Grohl, a former Nirvana drummer, announced in a video he released ahead of the series, Happy Hanukkah! "
Grohl launched the original project together with music producer Greg Korstin, who is actually a Jew, and under the hashtag "Hanukkah Days" (#HanukkahSessions) they have already released the songs "Sabotz" (first candle) by the Beast Boys, which all have roots Jews, the song "Hotline Bling" (Second Candle) by Harper Drake, whose mother is a Jewish educator.
In the third candle they released the "Mississippi Queen" of the Mountain band that Solna Leslie West entered the alliance under the name Leslie Weinstein, "Fuck the Fine Away" (fourth candle) by singer Pichis, who grew up in a Jewish home and also experienced anti-Semitism as a child The neighbor of the Jewish school where she studied, they would throw stones at her and call her a "dirty Jew."
In the fifth candle, they released the song "Rainy Day Woman" by Bob Dylan, Saturn Zosha Zimmerman for you.
And how is the project received online?
With great sympathy, it turns out.
One Muslim respondent wrote to Grohl and Korstein: "As a Muslim, I love this thing you are doing, we must respect each other!"
So inhale, Grohl!
And happy Hanukkah!