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Paul Tosh · Scottish-born · Baal Teshuva · Pianist & Looping Artist
(The Jewish Scotsman)
A Jewish cultural concert experience — six decades of the songwriters who shaped the world, performed as living theatre.
The Show
An adaptation of The Song Is The Play — focusing on the Jewish writers of the last six decades, and their immigrant family story.
Backstage With The Tribe is a theatrical concert add-on for synagogues, JCCs, Pesach programs, and Jewish community organizations. It weaves the prophetic family histories and hidden roots of the songwriters who shaped generations — from Gershwin to Amy Winehouse, from Simon & Garfunkel to Barbra Streisand — performed as dramatic scenes, then brought to life with live looping piano.
The show is also sometimes billed as The Jewish Scotsman — a title that speaks directly to Paul's singular vantage point as a Scottish-born baal teshuva performing the music of the writers who shaped Jewish-American culture.
Paul is not merely a Jewish artist. He is an artist who is Jewish — a baal teshuva of over 20 years, Scottish-born, formed in London, seasoned across the American East Coast. It is precisely this vantage point that allows him to enrich the performance, creating space for universal dialogue while speaking with genuine insider warmth to Jewish audiences of every background: frum, not-so-frum, secular, and interfaith.
With deep roots in storytelling and a cultural emphasis on questioning, it's no coincidence he was drawn to the thinking and mindset of the Jewish songwriters. Their ability to blend profound emotion with wit and universal themes speaks to a unique worldview shaped by a history of struggle and creativity — turning hardship into beauty, humor, or hope. This introspective yet outward-looking approach mirrors the learning of Talmud: finding the ultimate in the deep and the abstract.
The Repertoire
Jewish songwriters have had a profound influence on music — shaping jazz, rock, pop, Broadway, and folk, bringing light from another world into the darkest corners.
From the Chilli Peppers to Gershwin · From Amy Winehouse to Barbra Streisand · Including Frank Sinatra's Jewish writers
Formats
Available as a standalone evening, or incorporated into The Song Is The Play. Paul is happy to discuss the right format for your community — frum, traditional, liberal, or interfaith.
Shuls · JCCs · Home Concerts
The Song Is The Play with a Jewish cultural focus — songs from six decades of Jewish songwriters, performed as theatrical scenes with live looping piano. Includes insights into the songs and brief histories of the artists' lives. Woven throughout with Jewish pride, warmth, and humour.
Suitable for general audiences, fundraisers, cultural evenings, and community concerts. Engaging for members of all backgrounds.
Pesach Programs · Frum Audiences
A special adaptation blending cover and original songs that bridge two worlds — the Jewish and the universal — with a twist of wisdom revealed. Includes Divray Torah, Talmudic insights, and original pieces alongside the Jewish songwriters.
Sample Programme
Structure is flexible and adapts to your audience. This is how a typical evening unfolds.
Part One
"The First Song I Ever Loved"
Opening number — nostalgic, universal. A short story about the relationship with music, or a road story. "Before I found observance, I found sound. The neshama already knows song."
Part Two
"Between Night and Morning"
Medley of heartfelt, searching pieces. A story about teshuvah — the journey inward that never quite ends.
Part Three
"Sparks in the Silence"
Instrumental solo or stripped-down vocals. "Judaism doesn't ask me to stop being an artist. It asks me to become a vessel."
Part Four
"Songs I Brought With Me"
Well-loved songs recontextualised with depth — Beatles, Dylan, Carole King, The Eagles. Hebrew piece: Havanagila, Anenu, or Narrow Bridge.
Watch
The videos capture the warmth, the humour, and the emotional depth that words cannot fully convey.
Video Guide · BTG = Bridging The Gap · JP = Jewish Pride
00:06 BTG — Orthodox in Scotland
00:19 BTG — I see you are wearing a yamolka
00:40 BTG — Matzliach
01:03 BTG — Too long for Moshiach
01:53 JP — Challenging Jewish parents
02:16 JP — History of the writers
02:48 JP — The Jewish writers
08:24 JP — Sinatra's Jewish writers
09:21 JP — White Christmas
10:17 JP — Look deeply into being Jewish
10:30 BTG — His world is set up to be so
10:45 BTG — Focus & learning Talmud
11:23 BTG — Dvar Torah
11:49 BTG — Rabbi puppet chizuk
Full Performance Playlist
Jewish content playlist
What People Say
"Check this guy out, it's a kiddush Hashem."Ben Shapiro — The Daily Wire
"I especially like the substantive intellectual meaning that you weave into your music. You remind me of the inspiring Shlomo Carlebach ע״ש. The interface with the late great Rabbi Sacks is profoundly meaningful."Rabbi Daniel Lapin — RabbiDanielLapin.com
"I like it how you tell the history of the songwriters. If they could have given you a review from last night they'd have given you all 10's."Stanley Baker — President, BSBI Synagogue, Charleston SC · president@bsbisynagogue.org
"Out of 400 million people in America, Pinchas Toshner is the only frum baal teshuva from Scotland, singer songwriter. The only musician who can really relate what's in frumkeit to the non-religious."Jacob Applebaum — Lakewood
"In the frum world, we don't often talk about the experience of love. Here, love is explored tastefully. The songs are dense but easy to listen to — and that's just from a recording. I imagine there is a special energy listening live."Daniel Marvin — Master's in Computers and Information Technology, Baltimore
"The world would welcome something like this now with open arms. The songs are timeless."Orna Wellman — Drama and English teacher, Canada
"Last night made me feel like the pre-WWII era of the arts in society! Loved it."Libby Fox — Hostess, Charleston home concert
"A poetic call to presence — reminding us that the pursuit itself is the purpose, and that love, more than anything, is the foundation of it all."Amy Kirshtein — at Libby & Daniel's home concert
Practical
Self-Sufficient
No Piano? No Problem
Paul brings a full looping piano and keyboard rig. No accommodation or catering required. He arrives, sets up, performs — clean and professional.
Availability
Currently Booking 2026–27
Available any time except sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Touring the U.S. coast to coast in a custom CyberPhoenix pop-up camper — genuinely nationwide.
Investment
Flexible Honorarium
$750–$2,500 depending on programme, format, and setup. Happy to discuss what works for your organisation. Fundraiser splits available.
Programme Posters
Print-ready posters — pass them on to your programme committee, post in your shul, or attach to a booking email.
Book
Paul responds personally to every enquiry. Whether you're programming a Pesach concert, a shul fundraiser, or a JCC cultural evening — reach out and let's talk.
bookings@tosh42.comReference available: president@bsbisynagogue.org · Stanley Baker, BSBI Synagogue SC
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