Performance

Silver Jews songs

0 upcoming performances in New York

“Silver Jews songs” refers to the wry, plainspoken rock and pop writing David Berman led from the 1990s into the 2010s, later echoed in Purple Mountains. In New York City, his work has held a durable place in indie-rock rooms and record shops, part of the downtown lineage where literary lyricism is treated as a primary instrument. At the Bowery Ballroom, the 6th annual DCBday charity benefit (Jan. 4, 2026) frames these songs as a shared repertoire, performed by Hallelujah the Hills, Butch Klotz, Ezra Furman, Silver Jews, and Purple Mountains. One thing stands out: Berman’s humor rarely softens the ache, it sharpens it.