Yael Naim and David Donatien
Israeli-French singer Yael Naim, with the help of percussionist and music arranger David Donatien, has put together a delightful collection of pop-jazz-folk ballads, mixing Hebrew, English, and even a little French. The songs reflect a variety of moods and dreams in their sound and lyrics; the album includes Naim’s hit song “New Soul” (featured in the commercial for the Apple Mac-Book Air laptop), the success of which made her the first Israeli solo artist to have a top-ten song in the U.S. A cover of Britney Spears’s hit “Toxic” is a surprising addition to this album, which definitely did not work in Naim’s style, but otherwise a great disc recommended for all types of Jewish libraries.
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