Friday, Sept. 3, 2010
Shye Ben-Tzur
Shoshan (EarthSynch)
Like
many people on a journey, Shye Ben-Tzur found connections between what he found
and what he thought he left behind. The Israeli rock musician became entranced
by Indian music and made for India
to learn its intricacies. But once he arrived, he discovered that the mystic
chords connected with his own traditions. The devotional songs on Shoshan are
often sung in Hebrew, whose cadences remind him of ragas. While the music is
largely Indian in inspiration, Ben-Tzur’s rock background emerges in the
groove-directed bass lines and a bit of Gypsy Kings flamenco is heard on some
tracks.
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