Yael Eisenberg - Graceland

A beautiful take on Paul Simon's classic.

She said losing love

Is like a window in your heart

Everybody sees you're blown apart

Everybody sees the wind blow

I'm going to Graceland

The Mississippi Delta

Was shining like a national guitar

I am following the river

Down the highway

Through the cradle of the Civil War

I'm going to Graceland, Graceland

Memphis, Tenessee

I'm going to Graceland

Poor boys and pilgrims with families

And we are going to Graceland

My travelling companion is nine years old

He is the child of my first marriage

But I've reason to believe

We both will be received

In Graceland

She comes back to tell me she's gone

As if I didn't know that

As if I didn't know my own bed

As if I'd never noticed

The way she brushed her hair from her forehead

And she said losing love

Is like a window in your heart

Everybody sees you're blown apart

Everybody sees the wind blow

I'm going to Graceland

Memphis, Tennessee

I'm going to Graceland

Poor boys and pilgrims with families

And we are going to Graceland

And my traveling companions

Are ghosts and empty sockets

I'm looking at ghosts and empties

But I've reason to believe

We all will be received

In Graceland

There is a girl in New York City

Who calls herself the human trampoline

And sometimes when I'm falling, flying

Or tumbling in turmoil I say

Whoa, so this is what she means

She means we're bouncing into Graceland

And I see losing love

Is like a window in your heart

Everybody sees you're blown apart

Everybody feels the wind blow

Ooh, ooh, ooh

In Graceland, in Graceland

I'm going to Graceland

For reasons I cannot explain

There's some part of me wants to see Graceland

And I may be obliged to defend

Every love, every ending

Or maybe there's no obligations now

Maybe I've a reason to believe

We all will be received

In Graceland

Ooh, ooh, ooh

In Graceland, Graceland

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I'm going to Graceland

Maybe I've a reason to believe

I've a reason to believe

I've a reason to believe

I've a reason to believe

yaeleisenbergmusic.bandcamp.com

WC - Cold cities

Wow ♥

I tried to move to cold cities

Which turned out to be unnecessary

Because no matter where I go

I carry the desert with me

I drag my feet to King George

I ask for the sugar

We haven't talked in years but you see

You're going through the same thing

I want to see your children

When it's too much I alienate

I want to see the years unfold

If it's too much, too much on the heart right now

I apologize

(where are you going now)

(nobody's poet)

(again you're alone)

I drag my feet to the angels

Who guarded us when we were children

They look at the clock like tired clerks

Waiting for the end of the day

Oh-oh

In the city center, a man hangs a poster

So many signs

Who can pay attention?

Oh-oh

Even in the house where you were born

For whatever reason

You want to go home

I want to see your children

When it's too much I alienate

I want to see the years unfold

If it's too much, too much on the heart right now

I apologize

nanadisc.lnk.to/ArimKarot

Uzi Ramirez - You Ain't Seen Nothing

Uzi Ramirez is back! Love it.

Adar Alfandari - Wonder

♥

First let me use the dialect in which I speak

To say something real

Our bulb may seem burnt sometimes but it's not, just needs a twist

I've been walking barefoot all night

looking for the demons in our mind

You're my late night radio station, when I'm off you tune me in

A bag for all those times my hands feel full, you'll pack my mess

I've been walking barefoot all night

looking for the demons in our minds

Let's wander, far away

Till we lose our way

And we'll be bound to stay

adaralfandari.bandcamp.com/album/gold-dust

Cloud Of I - Sail Away

♥

Reach me, I'll fly in to the night

Cause I start to build my roots 

So fast

Chasing the dreams

Chasing the visions

Of what I'll be one day

But now I've got to learn more

How to be on my way

Ambayana I wanna sail away

I want to sail away

Reach me I'll fly to the next spot

Cause I start to find new friends

So fast

Chasing the dreams

Chasing the places

That I wanna see the next day

But now I've got to let go

And to be on my way

Ambayana I wanna sail away

I want to sail away

cloudofi.bandcamp.com

Vitarti - Layers

We could all use a bit of a breather ♥ 

It's too many layers, of  memories, and fights, and promises, and restraints

And the beliefs are over, yes, all the mantras are so hollow that they are becoming chores

Yes, once we "lived here in fun" now I want to get out, I'm packing and it's final

It's too many layers, of arguments, amd fights, and promises, and restraints

It'll be okay, I swear

I won't scream this time, I'm silent

Calling your number with trembling hands

It's too many layers, of  memories, and fights, and promises, and restraints

And we also bought a pair of sofas, as a strange kind of promise for stability and the future

But the velcro is wearing off, apologizing and tired, we made a thousand payments

Everything is becoming so forced, sitting breathlessly by the trash bin, just counting the days

It'll be okay, I swear

I won't scream this time, I'm silence

Stroking your rabbit with clean hands

And there's no other bar I didn't drink at at night

Serve me Strychnine

And this city suddenly turned into a kind of jail

Because no one is you

It's too many layers, of  memories, and fights, and promises, and restraints

And the beliefs are over, yes, all the mantras are so hollow that they're becoming chores

I'm going back to the parents, It'll be tough but delicious, I hope I won't gain weight

It's too many layers, of  memories, and fights, and promises, and restraints

It's too many layers, of  memories, and fights, and promises, and restraints

You're supposed to be mine, plotting to be only with myself, oh God is this real?

It's already 1 am and there's a lockdown in the streets again, the flashlights are so hostile

It's too many layers, of  memories, and fights, and promises, and restraints

It's too many layers, of  memories, and fights, and promises, and restraints

It's too many layers, of  memories, and fights, and promises, and restraints

to.mybetmrw.com/ShchavotVitarti

Hoodna Orchestra - Alem Alem

Shana Tova! What a wild and chaotic year. Last year we were just before a demoralizing lockdown and since then we've gotten vaccinated (most of us), tasted a temporary Covid-free reopening, learned to sort of live with restrictions again, got a booster vaccine (most of us), and we are now learning to make peace with uncertainty. We might have an amazing month and year ahead of us with long-awaited travels and we might go back to some kind of semi-lockdown. I've learned to appreciate family meals which were once a tedious affair and at the same time I've learned how to enjoy my time on my own and find delight in unexpected places. One form of delight for me has been the "Oneg Shabbat" newsletter, which translates to "Shabbat Delight" and is a very long list of links related to music, culture, and anything interesting that catches Guy Hajaj's eyes and ears, delivered from his home in Vancouver every Saturday morning. The Oneg Shabbat returned after a lengthy break last October and one of my vivid pandemic memories was spending Saturday mornings on a sunny bench wih my headphones on, going through the Oneg while sipping on takeaway coffee. Now my Saturdays are much busier, and there is less of a need to find ways to distinguish them from the rest of the week, but I still carve time on Saturday mornings to browse through the Oneg. This past Saturday Guy posted a playlist he created with his favorite Israeli songs from the past year. This energizing song by Hoodna Orchestra seems like the perfect start to what I hope will be an exhilerating year.