On
the Fourth Night of Hanukkah, we have to face the tragedy of a holiday
song trying way too hard to be hip.
Yerachmiel Begun & The Miami Boys Choir are considered superstars
of Orthodox Jewish choral music with more than 30 albums under
its belt since 1980. Begun began
with a boys choir in Toronto in the 1970’s before relocating to
Miami. He is the composer and arranger
of the ensemble’s original music.
But in 1998 he applied the disco/Latin Funk/Miami Sound Machine vibe to Light up the Nights on the choir’s album Chanukah - Light up the Nights. Listen and weep.
