The singing superstar of Jewish music, Yaakov Shwekey, will be back in South Africa and performing live at the Carnival City Big Top Arena, at 8pm on July 3.<\/p>\n
The concert forms part of his world Kolot Tour.<\/p>
The show will also feature popular Canadian singer-songwriter Baruch Levine and a 22-piece orchestra, led by Bryan Schimmel.<\/p>\n
Jerusalem-born Shwekey was raised in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>
His career in music started when he and his brother, Yisroel Meir, sang with the Miami Boys Choir.<\/p>\n
Since then he has gone on to make 15 albums, including Kolot, which has just been released.<\/p>\n
His most famous song is Racheim, whose lyrics are from the prayer after eating, asking God to have mercy on the Jewish nation and the city of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
Vehi She’omdah, which debuted on his Live in Caesaria concert DVD, also became a major hit for Shwekey.<\/p>\n
His other hit songs include Cry No More, Ra’u Banim, Bo’ee Be’shalom, Lo Ya’avod, Shomati and Im Eshkacheich, and many more.<\/p>\n
Kolot is an Israeli\/Mizrahi style album and accompanying Shwekey are leading musicians from Israel and the United States.<\/p>\n
Songs on the new album include the bouncing and unconventional song, Am Yisrael, Samcheim and Eis Rekoid, Zeh Hakatan, and two Chuppah songs, Tefillat Kallah and Kamu Boneho, among others.<\/p>\n
Now on his first visit to South Africa, Orthodox Jewish American composer and singer Baruch Levine grew up in Toronto.<\/p>\n
His compositions have become popular throughout the Orthodox Jewish world.<\/p>\n
Besides singing his own songs, Levine will also perform some duets with Shwekey.<\/p>\n
Accompanying Shwekey and Levine will be an orchestra led by Bryan Schimmel, which will feature three musicians from Israel.<\/p>\n