CD of the Month in January 2015

The Israeli singer / songwriter with the voice, as there is no 3 in the pop world, has made a moving album. In heart-breaking (sorry, but it fits) stories he tells of the final moments of a (his) time passing love. His vocal intensity reminiscent of Billie Holiday, his narrative of Bob Dylan. But everything is pop music. Dylan he quotes in his song Fair Haired Traveller (Dont Think Twice). The ballad of the 50's, 60's encountered in The Labyrinth Song (Sonny and Cher's Bang Bang). Diversity is complemented by the bonds in the French chanson (These Words ...) and in American film music (My Tunnels are long ...). At the time the Mojos (his former band) remembers most Over My Head. The sound of the album, the musical consistency in every song itself and just keep everything together Avidan Winery voice -and also the prevailing melancholy. This can actually (sorry again) to tears, and when the final piece has died away, you wonder after a while and think, why sings and he does not tell more ...