I've long held with those who say that Rocky Ziegler is the best pracitioner of Jewish music alive today. I gave him as much airplay as I could, had him - with and without band - on the show back in the Radio Daze. And it was on my show tht he surprised the Jewish music world by announcing that he was moving to Israel.

Now, word comes from Rocky (formally billing himself as Yerachmiel) that he just finished a piece of the current Matisyahu tour - the California leg of the tour (waa!) - and has finished his next CD, "The Secret of Shabbos," and has gevaldik vids out in Israel, on Ynet. Go to http://www.ynet.co.il/arti

cles/0,7340,L-3729795,00.html and be amazed.