I composed this niggun while riding alone on the train from  Dharamsala to Pushkar.  As the train rattled along with its broken beats I found myself searching the horizon for an olive tree, for a reminder of home.  I never found the olive tree, and so in its place I composed, "Longing Train."   

Written and Composed by Nir Motzeri.
Mixed by: Shahar Kaufman, OnyxStudio, Rosh Pina
Mastering: Yoram Vazan

Featuring:

Nir Motzeri - Bansuri Flutes, Mandolin, Oud, Viola, Celtic Whistles
Alon Pener-Tessler - Contrabass
Yoni Sharon - Percussion
Elan Kenan - Classical Guitar
Eyal Luman - Kanun
Uri Shefi - Lyre


Longing Train - רכבת געגועים

Playing on a wide range of traditional and ethnic instruments, Nir Motzeri combines the rich multicultural reality of modern Israel with the ancient Jewish tradition of niggun.  A musical storyteller, Nir's compositions are fantastical worlds in which remote genres, rhythms and styles find themselves at home with one another and instruments converse like long lost friends.  The son of a Yemenite, born into an Israeli Sephardic family, with roots stretching from Spain, Italy and Morocco, fusion is Nir’s native musical language.  Traversing borders between East and West, the old world and the new, "To Make Her Happy" is a testament to the power of pure, wordless music to touch the heart and speak the langage of the soul.

Hi,
My name is Nir & I'm a musician from Israel.
I work as a music teacher, and as a producer.
My main Instruments are Piano & Flute, but as you can hear on my tracks, I often add some others as well. I've been playing in a variety of musical groups,   from Jazz to Post-Rock, through World Music (Arabic, Irish, Indian, Latin etc...) 
The music here is my 1st Solo project.
I'd love to hear from you.