Lea Penn
By Lea Penn
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The Schmooze A Piano to the Rescue
Crossposted from Haaretz “I didn’t have a bad childhood, but I was pretty lonely. I spent a lot of time alone in my room, listening to music and dreaming my little dream of making music, and appearing in concerts.” This is how Tzvika Lorber, known as Tzvika Force on stage, describes his start as an…
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The Schmooze Going Where No Israeli Band Has Gone Before
Crossposted from Haaretz “We want to take our music to a place where no Israeli band has gone before.” This Star Trek-like sentence was uttered with complete confidence by soloist Asaf Sandhaus about Sandhaus, his eponymous band. “We’d like to be as big as Arcade Fire,” he said when asked about his wildest dream. “That’s…
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