The Maccabeats @ Yom Limmud in Houston

For the past few years the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston has hired the Maccabeats to perform. It is always great to see them there.

The Maccabeats Release New Chanukkah Video

Check out the Maccabeats latest Chanukkah video entitled Latke Recipe. It is certainly entertaining!

Maccabeats to release Chanukkah Album. Free Track Sample!

The Maccabeats hit the big time with their release of Candelight. The video went viral and literally made them overnight sensations. Next week the maccabeats will be releasing a Chanukkah album which features 7 new tracks one of which is here for your listening pleasure: Haneirot Hallalu.

Passover Acapella Music Video Face Off! Maccabeats & SIX13!

Now that Passover is almost here, you have the latest Passover acapella music videos from 2 of the biggest household names in the Jewish acapella industry: Maccabeats and SIX13!

Which is your favorite?

Which is your favorite?

Maccabeats

SIX13

 

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Maccabeats perform at GOOGLE

If you haven't seen the Maccabeats performance at GOOGLE it's worth a listen!

Maccabeats Present Chanukkah Video: Burn

Check out the Maccabeats latest music video in time for Chanukkah entitled Burn.It features Noey Jacobson as the front man on this video. Enjoy!

Maccabeats: New Acapella Video- Smart Ways to Live

The Maccabeats give some friendly advice about some smart ways to live.....

Very Enjoyable!

Maccabeats: New Chanukkah Video!

Check out the latest Jewish music video by the Maccabeats. This time with an original composition by the Acapella group.

Enjoy it!

Maccabeats New Release for Sefira

Maccabeats are releasing a new album in time for sefira. They are having a CD release party with a concert at:  March 28th, Lamport Auditorium, Yeshiva University at 7:00PM.

See the music video presentation of their new release here 

Matisyahu and his beard

Just in time for X-Mas. Matisyahu has donated his beard to...you guessed it.... Santa! That's right folks...Santa burnt his beard while going down a chimney and Matisyahu felt obligated to help the dude out. Cut it out, you say (pun intended)? Well it's hysterical how much publicity Matisyahu is garnering due to simply removing  his facial hair. It has the Jews up in a tizzy.  Is he still religious anymore? Did he become a misnagid? Will he still be doing reggae? Was this all a scam for him to sell a lot of records? Did he now join the Maccabeats? These are just a sample of the questions out there and there is no end to the amount of articles that are being written on this topic. The bottom line is: time will tell what Matisyahu will end up as. He says he is looking to "reclaim himself" and that his whole hassidic get up was simply part of  some rules to hold him together so as not to "fall apart". I say he can have the same chance as anyone to find a part of yidishkiet where he feels comfortable. Let's see where this goes....

New Maccabeats Video: Book of Good Life

Just in time for Rosh Hashanah: Maccabeats feature their latest video "Book of Good Life".This video because of the content is a more serious straight up music video but the end pays homage to their  Chanukah video with some cute ideas. It's certainly enjoyable and is a solid production.

 

Maccabeats Purim Video!

Following up on the smashing success of their Candlight Chanukkah music video, the Maccabeats have produced a Purim video!
Based on "Raise Your Glass" by P!nk  Filmed, Directed and Edited by Uri Westrich 

Maccabeats Come to Israel

A Capella Hanukkah Video Wars: You Decide

As you may be aware, the hit song this Hanukkah is that of the A capella group the Maccabeats. Their song Candlelight  (click here to buy it) which is based on Mike Tompkins' A cappella version of Taio Cruz's "Dynamite", has over 2.7 million hits on YouTube. One of the members is actually a Houstonian, Noey Jacobson. These kids have gone from a moderately successful A capella group in a nice market, to full blown rock stars overnight! The phones are ringing off the hook with requests to perform in Italy and other far off places I'm sure. They have been  written up on major blogs, papers and  have had interviews on many TV stations non stop. This kind of publicity by religious Jewish performers is very unusual. With the exception of perhaps someone like Matisyahu, who also put forth his own Hanukkah music video entitled "miracle". Matisyahu's video has yet to get a 1/2 a million hits. Another talented A Capella group, Six13 released their Hanukkah video in conjunction with NCSY entitled "I Light It". This video was based on several songs ("Baby" by Justin Bieber "Heartless" by Kanye West "I like it" by Enrique Iglesias) which got about 164k hits. This video did get some attention online they however, did not get the same kind publicity as the Maccabeats did. The reasons behind why one A capella  group did better than the other can be analyzed to death. Then of course you have copy cats. A group out of Israel, The Fountainheads are trying to cash in on the Hanukkah video craze, put out this music video based on the black eyed peas song "I gotta feeling" . After listening for a few moments you"ll underdstand why it has a mere 10k hits ( they even try to steal concepts from the Maccabeats video). What are your thoughts?

New Jewish A Capella Group Video: Maccabeats

There is a new Jewish  acapella group on the rise and surprise they are from YU.

This group, known as the Maccabeats features one of Houston's own:Noey Jacobson and they are certainly a serious musical group with great vocals and harmonies. Check out their Jewish music video with their version of Matisyahu's One Day. You can purchase their debut release, Voices from the Heights by clicking here.