Shiksa Goddess is the nom de performance of singer/author Brian Kay and ad hoc ensembles of musicians of every stripe and aptitude adapting and adopting Jewish songs and artists, real and implied, literal and figurative, into elegaic evenings of entertainment. Since beginning in Detroit in the mid-'90s playing bar mitzvah versions of Van Halen songs, Shiksa Goddess has evolved into a jew-normous cabaret platform as capable of playing weddings (Jewish and Gentile) as performance art festivals (presumably non-denominational). The results are always cheeky, entertaining, and convincingly blurry Lenny Bruce-by-way-of Nina Simone iPod dissertations that keep it Israel.
