Tag Archives: Israel

Hatari and Roger Waters Stand Firm for Humanity, by Mark Erickson

In 2019, Iceland’s Hatari (meaning “hater” in the native tongue) qualified for the Eurovision music contest, which was created in 1956 in the aftermath of WWII. Tel Aviv, Israel, hosted the event that year, a year that also included the non-violent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to support Palestinians trapped in the Israeli apartheid state.  …

Yael Naim – My Sweetheart

YAEL NAIM Shares Stunning New Video For “My Sweetheart”  Produced By La Blogothèque Take Away Shows  New Album NightSongs Out Now European Tour Dates Rescheduled To October 2020  In a career that has developed over the course of the last 20 years, Parisian-born, Franco-Israeli multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer songwriter Yael Naïm has been on a restless quest to create a sound world …

Yael Naim – Shine

For the video, the renowned performance artist and acrobat Yoann Bourgeois choreographed Naim to move on a BOSU ball. The result is a striking, almost balletic performance in which Naim appears to defy gravity as she contorts her body. Director of photography Martim Vian (Moses Sumney’s “Worth It”) employs shadows and sporadic lighting to magnify the artist’s haunting movements. The …

Lola Marsh – Give Me Some Time

Someday Tomorrow Maybe, the album upon which “Give Me Some Time” is placed, may only be Lola Marsh’s second full album, but it plays as if it’s by a band that’s had decades to work out the intricacies of their sound. Pulling from their own relationship and its changes, they’ve created something both intimate and …

Lola Marsh – What Am I

Lola Marsh are pleased to reveal details of their forthcoming album Someday Tomorrow Maybe, out January 24th 2020. The latest song to be teased from the album is What Am I, of which the band drop a new video edited by lead vocalist Yael. Touching, euphoric and mesmerising, this new video showcases footage from the band’s extensive global touring from the past four years …

HATARI – HATRIÐ MUN SIGRA: Iceland’s Industrial Eurovision Contestants Attempt Pro-Palestinian Protests During Contest in Israel, by Mark Erickson

The Eurovision Song Contest (Eurovision) started in 1956. Eurovision is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the “European Broadcasting Union.” Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, then votes are cast for the other countries’ songs to determine the winner. At least …