Release Date: 16 February 2018
Label: Cumbancha
Packaging Type: EcoPak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 890846001404
Genres: World Music Middle East
Description
Producer, keyboardist, lyricist, composer and Performer Idan Raichel is a global music icon who has brought his inspiring example and soul-stirring music to some of the planet's biggest stages. As the leader of The Idan Raichel Project, Idan has acted as a musical ambassador representing a hopeful world in which artistic collaboration breaks down barriers between people of different backgrounds and beliefs.
After 15 years as leader of The Idan Raichel Project, international music icon Idan Raichel recently began focusing on the basic essence of his songs with the solo piano concert entitled Idan Raichel – Piano – Songs. Throughout 2016 and 2017, Idan presented his melodies, lyrics and the stories behind them in their pure, stripped down form, as they were originally written at home or in the studio.
The release features selections from these special concerts to the world as a 36-song double-album digital set. Along with new studio versions of his solo piano work and two new versions of classic songs now featuring orchestral accompaniment, Idan Raichel – Piano – Songs also includes two previously unreleased compositions, notably the haunting new single "Lisloach Ve'Lishkoach (To Forgive and to Forget)". Most of the recordings on this new live double album were recorded during a 17-concert run at the 1400-seat Shuni Ampitheater in Binyamina, Israel. During the course of the unprecedented series, Idan performed for over 20,000 people. Most had never heard his hit songs performed in this unadorned way.
Over the past 13 years, Idan has collaborated with American pop stars India.Arie, Dave Matthews and Alicia Keys, not to mention a wide range of artists who are household names in their native countries: Portugal's Ana Moura, France's Patrick Bruel, Italy's Ornella Vanoni, Germany's Andreas Scholl, Poland's Kayah and Mali's Vieux Farka Touré to name but a few.
Idan Raichel - Piano - Songs allows people to discover anew the songs that have earned Idan Raichel devoted fans and collaborators across the globe.
Tracklisting
Lakou Mizik
Dobet Gnahore
Habib Koite
Lakou Mizik
Dobet Gnahore
Idan Raichel
Wesli
Kimi Djabaté
Idan Raichel
Idan Raichel
Idan Raichel
Idan Raichel
