Evan Tucker is a columnist for the Baltimore Jewish Times, holds a degree with University Honors in music composition from American University, and hosts two podcasts in which he broadcasts both his novel: Tales From the Old New Land, and his history book: It's Not Even Past - A History of the Distant Present. For six years he was director of the chorus: Kol Rinah, at Chizuk Amuno Congregation, and is currently working on a project in which he composes music for all 150 Biblical Psalms. He is the lead singer of the band: Schmear Campaign, which is Baltimore's only band to play songs whose lyrics are exclusively in Yiddish.