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About this clip:
World fusion band Yemen Blues perform their composition “Allenby” from their 2024 album “Only Love Remains” during their concert on December 19, 2024 – part of the 2024-25 Season and broadcast on Fridays Live.
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About this concert:
The passionate and charismatic Yemeni-born Israeli singer Ravid Kahalani leads a roaring quartet making intoxicating music that merges West African rhythms and ancient Jewish Yemeni melodies, blues, and funk. They take the Miner stage for the first time in over eight years, bringing music from their newest release Only Love Remains and more.

Begun by Kahalani in 2010, the group appeared in Paste magazine’s list of 10 International Acts to Watch and performed a captivating set at globalFEST in 2012, the most prestigious world music festival in America, turning them into a global phenomenon.

Since last performing at SFJAZZ in support of their Bill Laswell-produced sophomore album Insaniya, Yemen Blues has pared down from a sextet to a powerhouse quartet led by Kahalani’s yearning vocals and gimbri (Moroccan lute), and featuring founding Israeli/Uruguayan percussionist Roni Iwryn, bassist and oud master Shanir Blumenkranz, and drummer Dan Mayo.

“Spirituality unites us,” Kahalani explains. “Love unites us. We move to extremes, but it’s soulful.”

PERSONNEL:
Ravid Kahalani: vocals, gimbri
Shanir Bluenkranz: bass, oud
Dan Mayo: drums
Roni Iwryn: percussion

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