Assaf Ayalon - Abigail

Beautiful!

I wish I had the world to give you
Baby I don't even have the time
To tell you a bedtime story
Or to chase away the monsters
From your mind
You know I can only give what I have

I'm sorry I was late today I didn't
Get to see you dance the waltz
Spinning around the living room
All dressed up in your mother's clothes
You know I love her even when we fight

When I get home to you I just want
To hold you and love hearing you
Calling my name
Here I am...Abigail

https://www.facebook.com/assaf.ayalon.music

Niso - Soul Singer

"Meir Ariel paved the way on a straw path, with the waltz of the land of Israel and that inner-outward gaze of his. Israeli artists follow his path bringing with them their inner worlds and creating a new Israeliness.

Sometimes the Israeliness is a kibbutz, sometimes it's the Soviet Union, sometimes it's Tunis and sometimes it's France. Sometimes, like in "Soul Singer", it's a balanced and well-stirred mix which connects between Abu Gosh and Paris with an invisible road, on which you can drive fast and slow.

Niso (Nir Nisim Cohen) grew up and was educated on soccer fields, and in the background there were also many records. Today he lives in Abu Gosh, walks around with an old cellphone and reaches every part of the country with intimate living room performances wrapped in personal stories and closeness.

He came to Eli Luzon quite by chance when he was looking for a certain guitar and the connection between them led to the production of the album which will be released in the coming months.

The single "Soul Singer" landed in the loyal hands of the photographer Yeshai Nikomarov illustrating this march forward, in a route outlined by our culture's greatest storytellers, mixing together Jaques Brel, Meir Ariel, Bruce Springsteen and Meir Goldberg.

The Super 8 films, memories from a picnic in Ben Shemen forest in the 80s, kids dying to confess their love and those sunflowers, which remain as witnesses and accompany the same graveled road, on which you walk and sing a song which you thought that you already heard, until you realize that this is a new song, in which somebody again was able to articulate this Israeliness.

"Soul Singer" by Niso is this Israeliness".


This press release (original here) does a wonderful job at putting into words what makes this song by Niso such a special one, a true modern classic. The full album can be listened to here.


I'm not entirely sure
What the words are intended to say
I'm just another torn kid
Going through life
Between singers
From record to record

And there are singers who are the wind
Maybe they need a bit more land
With me for almost two years
I have been stuck on the same record
On the same soul singer

Sit
On a spinning wheel
And spin
Even when you go far you do not disappear from my eyes
You only get closer

And there are singers who are the wind
Maybe they need a bit more land
With me for almost two years
I have been stuck on the same record
On the same soul singer

Ne me quitte pas
Il faut oublier
Tout peut s'oublier
Qui s'enfuit déjà

Armon - Waterfall

At first I was hesitant to post a song on this dark and tragic day but this magical album by Armon helped me drift to sleep after a horrific night so maybe it will provide a peaceful distraction to those who need one. My heart is with Paris and always will be.

What a situation
Strange and scattered
The whole body is cold and sore
The appetite is gone almost nothing is left
It's a lucky thing there are sounds
That are playing beyond
The future and boredom
Overall recognized

Outside everything is nice lit and magical
The river had an end

Waterfall waterfall
All is washed away
Waterfall waterfall
All is spilled, washed away, overflowing, forgiven, forgotten, frozen and lost

The tortoise walked away, the hare was run over
Blurry moon
Smells from the past, salty taste
Stopping and blinking
Everything was charged caught and tied
Suddenly the river again comes to an end

Waterfall waterfall
All is washed away
Waterfall waterfall
All is spilled, washed away, overflowing
Forgiven, forgotten, frozen and lost

All is spilled, washed away, overflowing
Forgiven, forgotten, frozen and lost

Surf Platoon - You

Winter is the best time to surf over here and what better way to open the season than with this very cool band?

You know the truth
You know the truth is what you got
At all

You came and took
You took everything and let me down
You left me down

https://surfplatoon.bandcamp.com/album/surf-platoon-ep