Blue Fringe is an American

United States

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 Jewish rock band

Rock Band

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. The band's songs cover a range of genres including pop, rock, punk and R'n'B, based around Jewish themes. Blue Fringe was formed in 2003 and has released 3 albums. The band has to date sold more than 20,000 copies of their first 2 albums combined.

The band has toured in South Africa, Australia, Israel, England, and Canada, as well as every major urban market in America.

Blue Fringe made its mark as an Orthodox band embracing the jam band

Jam band

-Ambiguity:By the late 1990s use of the term jam band also became ambiguous. An editorial at jamband.com suggested that any band of which a primary band such as Phish has done a cover of be included as jam band. The example was including New York post-punk band Talking Heads after Phish performed...

concert scene. Criticism was leveled at the band as the crowd reactions of screaming girls were seen as inappropriate for the Orthodox Jewish lifestyle.

Artists

The band has four members:

• Dov Rosenblatt (guitarist, songwriter and vocalist)
• Avi Hoffman (composer and lead guitarist)
• Danny Zwillenberg (drummer)
• Hayyim Danzig (bass)

Albums

• My Awakening - (June 2003)
• 70 Faces - (June 2005)
• The Whole World Lit Up - (December 2007)