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JudaBlue
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| Origin | Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Genres | Jewish rock, pop rock |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Members | Shlomo Gaisin Yaniv Hoffman Moti Schnapp Ravi Brooks Danny Feinberg |
| Website | judablue |
JudaBlue is an American Jewish rock band from Silver Spring, Maryland. Formed in 2002 by lead singer Shlomo Gaisin and guitarist Yaniv Hoffman, the band released an EP, Forty Days, in 2010.
Founding members Shlomo Gaisin and Yaniv Hoffman met while they were in seventh grade at Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy and began playing together in 2002. They added additional members in 2006 and began "playing seriously" in 2007, according to Hoffman.[1]
They were the winning group at the 2009 Five Towns Battle of the Bands. That same year, they opened for Moshav Band at "Mexicali Live" in Teaneck, New Jersey and performed at Congregation Ramath Orah's "Roc House" event.[2]
Preceding a year-long hiatus to allow Gaisin and Hoffman to study in Israel, the band recorded their debut EP, Forty Days, in Bethesda, Maryland with producer Taylor Larson of From First to Last. The EP was released on January 1, 2010, and spawned two singles, "Im Lo Aleh" and the title track. A release party was held at Café Café in Jerusalem's Mamilla Mall.[2]
After Gaisin and Hoffman returned to the U.S. in 2011, the band reunited and released a music video for the single "Falling", based on the Biblical story of David and Goliath.[3] The following year, they released another music video called "Change".
Shortly afterward, Hoffman returned to Israel and spent three years as a sergeant in the IDF's Givati Brigade.[4] Meanwhile, Gaisin stayed in New York and formed the Hasidic soul band Zusha in 2013. Despite this, they released the single "Oneness" in March and performed at Yeshiva University's annual Hannukah concert alongside Alex Clare.[5]
In early 2014, Gaisin and Hoffman revealed via the band's Facebook page that they had begun writing new songs together.[6] A later post announced that they were filming a new music video.[7]
JudaBlue's music combines elements of rock, jazz, funk, and soul, while the lyrics often incorporate traditional Hebrew prayers with thematically-related English verses.[1]
