Rock-reggae-soul musical sensation Mosh Ben Ari has arrived, ladies and gentlemen. That’s right—this summer, the Israeli artist is making waves (and swinging those locks!) for audiences stateside in his first solo North American tour, and it’s not to be missed.

For perspective’s sake, I feel like I should share with you some background details about this concert review, given how I felt about it beforehand.

At just 16, Israeli music producer Little Johnny (aka Yonatan Goldstein) has already worked with tons of his country’s most popular musicians. He recently took time away from his busy schedule to tell one of our JVibe Teen Advisory Board members how he got into the industry, his professional influences, what he’s working on now and what he’s got on his own iPod. Little Johnny shows us he’s just a teen who’s doing whatever he can to chase down his dream.

We promised we'd keep you updated on our quest for a Jewish Grammy, so here it is! After our success with our Jammy awards, we decided to get the ball rolling even further by bringing on Jewish music industry connoisseur Jim Ball to head up our Grammy-getting strategy. Without further adieu, meet our man:

So Jim, why do you think that Jewish music deserves its own Grammy?

Who says Hebrew school has to be boring? If you're talented enough, you might be able to get a rock and roll career out of it. That's just what happened for Dan Book and Roger "Clunky" Jacobson, two thirds of the all-Jewish band VooDoo Blue. This spring, the Baltimore-based group (along with drummer Justin Posner) released their debut album Smile N' Nod . Our executive editor Josh Eagle sat down with lead singer Dan Book and found out about VDB's tattoos, life on the road and whether there's any Jewish influence in their music.

Nathanial Hörnblower (aka MCA, aka Adam Yauch) talks about his documentary Awesome: I F-n' Shot That!

Eight years ago, Kelly Clarkson's diary read, "I will never stray too far from the sidewalk." Drawing inspiration from her tears, sixteen-year-old Clarkson penned a melancholy memoir that would one day become the hit "Because of You." And just a few years ago, The Black Eyed Peas, minus their female rocker Fergie, were cranking out some pretty impressive tunes that were only being heard by a small fraction of their current fans.

Chutzpah, the self-proclaimed first-ever Jewish hip-hop supergroup is making waves in the Jewish music scene while cooking up some extremely large matzah balls.