Hanukkah Rocks is one CD you cannot go without this holiday season. I listen to this album year-round, but now is the perfect time to share it with you because the Festival of Lights is upon us! Enjoy the honesty, hilarity, and holidays with tracks like "Latke Clan," "Applesauce vs. Sour Cream," "Gelt Melts," "Jewish Girls (At The Matzoh Ball," and "How Do You Spell Channukkahh?"
Are you ready for eight fabulous nights of food, fun, and family? If you answered "yes!", wonderful! Check out a copy of Hanukkah Rocks for your party. If you answered "no", then check it out to get in the mood and make those latkes. Even if you don’t celebrate Hanukkah, you’ll appreciate the musical variation and humor — you can thank me later.
Everyone can celebrate Hanukkah thanks to two nice Jewish boys, Adam and Dave LeeVee. I discovered The LeeVees when I was working for NPR. I was so happy to find some funny, fun-loving, well-produced Hanukkah music. It only took Adam and Dave eight days to write all these songs, which is pretty significant given that Hanukkah is eight days long. Even today, when I listen to these songs, I feel like I should be dancing and singing along in my Bubbe’s kitchen.
The music produced in this album uses instruments of the percussive and strings persuasion, which accounts for its light-heartedness. The LeeVees have described themselves as "Beach-Boys-in-yarmulkes", but you may also hear similarities to other great bands (that I LOVE), like the Ramones and Get Up Kids. So, let’s light our menorahs and enjoy this time of year with more latkes, more gelt, and more music.
Happy Channukkahh!