Josh Kun

Josh Kun appears in the following:

Twas The Night Before Hanukkah: Jewish Songwriters And The Christmas Songbook

Thursday, December 06, 2012

A new compilation from the archivists at the Idelsohn society, called Twas The Night Before Hanukkah: The Musical Battle Between Christmas And The Festival Of Lights, explores both th...

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The Jewish-American Jet Set

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

From the late 1940s to the early ‘70s, New York-based Tikva Records catered to a wide variety of tastes among Jewish Americans, releasing music from icons Eddie Cantor and Leo Fuchs, plus garage rock, funk, klezmer and more. Music preservationist Josh Kun joins us to talk about a new collection called "Songs for the Jewish-American Jet Set: The Tikva Records Story 1950-1973."

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The Rough Road for Asians in Pop

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Pop music in the US is conspicuously short on Asian-American performers, but there’s one place where they are managing to make a splash: YouTube.

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Jewish Revival of Vinyl

Thursday, December 11, 2008

It started out as an affinity for kitschy Jewish album covers. It turned into an obsession. Record collectors Roger Bennett and Josh Kun scoured the country to unearth obscure vinyl LPs like “Bagels and Bongos” and “Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos.” They join us to explain what the hundreds of album ...

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