Nachum and Assaf Talmudi Preview Shuli Rand & Shulem Lemmer at The Town Hall

JM in the AM on a Wednesday morning broadcast and we mentioned that uh we discovered actually that the great Shulie Rond and I know that not everybody in the uh in the US is as familiar with him as they are in Israel. Uh but he's an amazing performer. Shulie Rond is coming in from Israel. He'll be in concert live in New York on Tuesday, June the 9th. That's this coming Tuesday starting at 7:30 p.m. at one of our favorite venues, Town Hall on West 43rd Street in New York City. Tickets are available at schulenyc.com. That's shi nyc.com and there'll be a special guest on the bill that evening and that's the one and only Schulam Leur. Yeah, Schulam Leur is going to be there. Uh if you want VIP tickets, sponsorship information, etc., You could email sponsorshulenyc.com. That's sponsorshulshi nyc.com. And we wanted to speak to somebody who can give us a little background about Shuli Rand and about this whole event. And we tracked down Assaf Talmudi. Assaf is the musical director for Shuli Rand. And he joins us from Israel here at JM. Assaf. Shalom. Shalom and thanks for joining us. Shalomar. How are you doing? >> Barak hashem. Doing great. I was so happy to hear that Shuli Rand is coming to New York. Now I said that a lot of people here are not as familiar with him as they are in Israel. C can you tell this audience, the people listening in the New York area, can you tell this audience just how big a star, how big a celebrity Shulie Rond is in Israel? I will I will I will talk to his qualities more than for his stardom. He is a big star. But first of all is a very unique example of an ultraorththodox artist that operates in Israel both in the fields of cinema and in the fields of music while completely talking to all sides and all all layers of Israeli society because truly started as a real estate actor. She did a very famous Hamlet back in the 90s. >> Wow. >> Went went ultra orthodox and continued to create both film and music that is both loved by a religious audience but also very much appreciated by a secular and artistic circle. And in that sense is one of a kind. >> You know, it's interesting, you know, here here we don't have that as much. A lot of people can't comprehend that uh what you have in Israel where a performer can be attractive to orthodox people and at the same time be attractive to secular people to you know have an audience among both groups and really across the board. And and when you look at that when you look at that um sample when you look at that uh that whole concept he has been like number one right he's like he's like the guy that has been able to bridge the gap between secular and religious >> he he was also one of the first to do it >> right >> because Shulie started he is the first wave of the religious influence on Israel Israel, Israeli folk, rock, pop, scene. He started pretty early and many of the uh many of the young younger talents nowadays will say that he is the godfather of this movement, >> right? But let me tell you in terms of the depth >> of creation, he's still unique because he moves very, you know, surely is coming now to New York with a film that will be premiered will premiere in the Tribeca Festival. A film that Shuli wrote. It's called the the wedding entertainer directed by Giddal with the music of yours truly and this this is going to be shown in Tribeca. So he still has the ability to create in the general while dealing with with religious topics and religious and topics that are interesting to the ultra orthodox community. art in the language of modern cinema, modern music, quality writing. So that's he's quite unique, >> pretty amazing. The uh the film is called The Wedding Entertainer, music by Assaf Talmoodi, and Assaf is with us via telephone from Israel. So So let's let's go through these pieces here. First of all, on Tuesday night, he's going to be live at the Town Hall, which is uh on West 43rd Street in New York City. It's a great venue. It's a tremendous uh arena and Schulam Leur is going to be his special guest. It's really an opportunity for people who have not been able to see him in concert uh to see him. I know that he was at the H concert uh in one of the most recent H concerts, but but there are very few opportunities to see him live and in person in the US a Tuesday night at town hall. They'll be able to do that. And I assume that any song that's familiar to people who know Shouli Rand, whether it's Bes or Malik, I mean, he'll be he'll be doing all of his greatest hits, right? >> Yes. Yes. He will do a a a he will do a thorough selection of his career, including the bigger hits of the last couple of years. It's actually pretty rare that an artist in his 60s still has a top chart song. You know >> that's true. >> It doesn't happen this every day. Now he has a a very big hit called Leavan >> and he will do he will do a selection from 25 years of of singer songwriting. >> And you have and you have Scholam Leur on the bill. Is there going to be a duet or not? I'm sure there will be at least one duet this you know when when when an artist comes to New York some of it depends on how on the rehearsal time but I think everybody's planning doing doing a a job and presenting this music at its highest level >> Assaf Talmudi letting it let letting us in on some of the secrets of preparing for an event like Tuesday night. All right, folks. Town Hall Tuesday night upcoming June 9th starting at 7:30. Shulie Rondon from Israel with special guest Schulum. Tickets uh Shulynyc.com. Hui nyc.com. And you can email the following email address for VIP and sponsorship information. Sponsor atshoulenyc.com. Sponsor atshulie shi nyc.com. And it's an FDD production which means David Fida is behind this whole thing. And then you know it's going to be an amazing show. Tell me more Assaf about the wedding entertainer. What is the film about? I mean I I assume it's about a wedding entertainer but what's the angle here? What makes this film unique? >> I mean with you with you I can I can use the proper term because they say wedding entertainer they mean bad you know you >> a bad so and your listeners know it too. So it's a it's a classic Jewish tale with I would say shalom like elements of a of a ban not in his biggest days. He needs to get his daughter married. >> He needs to get the gig. He a rich Jew is coming from the states to the Jerusalem to marry his his son and our our our protagonist sees an opportunity you know and of course things get get worse because he's not being on his highest moral ground while trying to get and it's it's you know I'm I'm a part of making this film so I cannot I I'm I'm pretty sure you will find it remarkable in more than one way and entertaining and uh completely kosher by the way. >> Well, you you know that uh most people who have heard of Shulie Rand on this side of the world, it's because of the movie and we love that one. So the the guy knows what he's doing. >> Yeah. And this is a completely different filming style, you know. >> Oh, interesting. the styling, the cinematography. It's going, it's the same director, the same star, but doing something something else in terms of style. >> Assaf. Oh, I'm sorry. >> I'm very curious to to to hear what you think of it. There there will be screening around Tribeca Festival for the whole week. So, I guess people can go to see this as well. Yeah, Tribeca is going to be uh is going to be um in competition with the Knicks uh for some attention during the week, but Tribeca Film Festival has become a really big deal over the last couple of decades. Assaf Talmoodi, he's the musical director for Shouli Rand. He reminds us that Shulie is going to be live in concert Tuesday night, town hall, New York City with Schulam as a special guest. And for information, just visit schulenyc.com. And what can I tell you folks? We're we're we're among the people that knew who Shulie Rond was way before people on this side of the world discovered him and he has always been fantastic. We love playing his music and you'll have an opportunity to see him up close and personal Tuesday night in New York City. Assaf Niatva looking forward to welcoming you in the United States and I hope Tuesday night is a major success. >> Are you coming? >> Uh maybe seeing you in person. >> I might actually be there. I will let you know. I might actually be there and looking forward to it. >> Make sure to come and say hello. >> I guarantee you I'll do that. Uh, shalom. Shalom and toadaba. >> Shalom. >> Assaf Talmudi, musical director for Shuli Rand. Tuesday night town hall, New York City. Uh, 123 West 43rd Street. Shulenyc.com. More coming up. Keep it right here, everybody. It is a Wednesday morning edition of JM in the AM