Bring the Noise: Popular Music Studies

Curated by Sophia Frankford

Iron Lion: "Black Music" and African Migrants in Urban Israel

Submitted by Sarah Hankins on June 4, 2013 - 6:08pm

Club Rasta is a tiny place on HaRakevet Street in south Tel Aviv: 20 square foot dance floor, DJ booth, nicely stocked bar, a few tables and chairs.  Small as it is, you can’t miss the entrance; it’s marked by a larger-than-life painting of a crowned lion in front of an Ethiopian flag, and the sounds of heavy bass that spill into the street.  Open on Tuesdays and the weekend, Rasta is the neighborhood bar of choice for Et

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