YEMEN BLUES first album cast is:

Vocals & Gimbri: Ravid Kahalani
Bass & Oud: Omer Avital
Violin: Galia Hai
Cello: Hilla Epstein
Flute: Hadar Noiberg
Trumpet: Itamar Borochov
Trombone: Avi Lebovich
Middle Eastern Percussion: Itamar Doari
Latin Percussion: Rony Iwryin

Music Produced by YEMEN BLUES


Special Thanks To:

God
Eli Inari Kahalani ,Jenni Leskinen, Yair Goren, Gilad Shmueli, Ari Kushnir, Oryan Yitzhak, Zvika Yemini, Dubi Lentz, Esti Dunietz, Tziyon Golan, Leo Leruz & Arthur Leruz , Kate Baldwin, Muhammed Jabali, Mark Kakon, Re Hagai , Barak Levi,  Idan Raichel, Shalom Mor, Mika Or, Yehuda Kohlani, Haim Laroz, Basma Fahum, Zohar Kaniel, Avi Nagar Halevi, Sara Hezi, Tomer Cohen.


Credits:

Music & Lyrics: Ravid Kahalani 
Musical Director & Arrangements: Omer Avital
Recorded by: Ariel Levinson & Noam Raz
Mixed by: Tamir Muskat
Mastered by: Alan Ward

Recorded in August 2010 - live in one room at Rony Iwryn's studio.

Artwork by: Naama Yuria
Jewelry: Yemenite Art

Management: mail@yemenblues.com

Booking: booking@yemenblues.com

the music was recorded in september 2009 and August 2010, live in one room.

9 Baraca

IT’S ALL LOVE
 Yemen Blues Feat. Omer Avital
Composition & Lyrics - Ravid Kahalani
Arrangement & Musical Director - Omer Avital
Co-Arrangement & Cast - Rony Iwryn, Dan Mayo, Salit Lavav, Matan Chapnitzky, Yonatan Voltzok, Yoel Nir, Elad Levi, Eden Giat, Brian Marsella.
Lyrics
When ma Mama sing and take me be the hand,
When ma father smiles and steps in to the dance,
We know it’s all love x 2
When ma sister shouting at me don’t you dare,
Then ma other sister laughs like she don’t care,
we know it’s all love x 2
And when time is passing, and then the love grows,
we can sing this song again, we can sing this song again...
And when change is coming, and we keep moving on, We can sing this song again, we can sing this again....
Ala hele hele hele na na na na NA NA NA NA
Older brother why you hit me cause I’m small, And ma little brother catch me when i fall,
We know it’s all love x 2
When ma friends are at the studio, in the middle of the freaking night,
We know it’s all love x 2
And when time is passing, and then the love grows,
we can sing this song again, we can sing this song again...
And when change is coming, and we keep moving on, We can sing this song again, we can sing this again....
Ala hele hele hele na na na na NA NA NA NA
LaLLaLaLaLieLaLieLaLam x2 We know it’s all love x 2 LaLLaLaLaLieLaLieLaLam x2 We know it’s all love x 2
And when time is passing, and then the love grows,
we can sing this song again, we can sing this song again...
And when change is coming, and we keep moving on, We can sing this song again, we can sing this again....
Ala hele hele hele na na na na NA NA NA NA

It's all Love Feat. Omer Avital

Yemen Blues Feat. Omer Avital - It's all Love

In 2010, singer & composer Ravid Kahalani founded the rare combination of top musicians we now call Yemen Blues. From the start, Yemen Blues created an original sound that became a new language in contemporary music. The intense musicians hail from NYC, Uruguay & Tel Aviv. This includes the core members of creation: Rony Iwryn, Itamar Doari & Shanir Blumenkranz. Each member comes from a different background and brings their own sound and arrangements to Ravid's compositions. The result of this amazing group is a powerful energy that mixes Yemenite, West African & Jazz influences and what Ravid likes to call "New Age Culture Music". The mambo and North African rhythms create a joyful and deep foundation, while the vocals remind the listener of ancient Arabic chants mixed with funk & blues. For their first album, the group collaborated with the well-known maestro Omer Avital who served as a musical director & producer. Since then, Yemen Blues keeps magic alive with a constant stream of new songs and their world-renowned exciting live performances!!


Dubi Lenz, the well-known Israeli journalist, was the first to listen to Yemen Blues’ music. He immediately felt the power of the project while the band was still in its exploration phase. He helped to get Yemen Blues’ first who at the influential festival and expo - Babel Med - in Marseille, France. It was then that something truly incredible happened. The band received a hugely positive respond from people all over the world and the name “Yemen Blues” began to spread like wild fire. The band was hailed as the biggest success story of the festival by the well-known newspaper Liberation. Since then, Yemen Blues has been called “the most exiting and unique live show you can see” by several news outlets including National Geographic, Time Out Chicago, NPR and many more.
We were amazed and thankful when we started to tour and have performed over 150 shows from 2011-13! These performances have taken place all over the world on some of the biggest and well known stages including: Womex World Expo, Roskilde Festival Denmark, New York Central Park’s Summer Stage, Grand Performances Los Angeles, Millennium Park Chicago, Luminato Toronto Canada and many, many more. Top musicians from around the world are taking notice as well including Kronos Quartet, Oxmo Puccino, Matisyahu and more.. Yemen Blues first album was also named The Best “world music” album of 2011 at "Le Devoir" Canada, and the Best album of 2011 by Sweden’s SvD newspaper.

CURRENT BAND IS 

RAVID KAHALANI / SHANIR EZRA BLUMENKRNZ / RONY IWRYN / DAN MAYO

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