Canadian Jewish News Features Sivan Arbel

July 27, 2016Features

by Ruth Schweitzer, Canadian Jewish News A chance encounter with a stranger on a train in northern Israel gave jazz singer Sivan Arbel her start as a composer. While in her first year at the Rimon School of Music in suburban Tel Aviv, Arbel got into a deep conversation with another passenger who had once been … Read More

New Release – BALDHILL MUSIC presents JARRETT CHERNER: EXPANDING HEART – October 21

July 19, 2016Special Announcement

Pianist JARRETT CHERNER Releases Powerful Trio Album ‘EXPANDING HEART’ on his BaldHill Music label [Street Date: 21 October 2016] Date features (mainly) bassist Jorge Roeder, drummer Jason Burger Cherner back as a leader after two extraordinary releases with collaborative jazz quintet Sketches Baldhill Music proudly presents the October 21 release of ‘Expanding Heart’ presented by pianist … Read More

Talking Harp With Brandee Younger – Full Feature in JazzTimes

July 19, 2016Features

Talking Harp With Brandee Younger Young virtuoso pays tribute to Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby by Lee Mergner, JazzTimes It’s well after midnight in the studios of KBOO radio in Portland, Ore., and harpist Brandee Younger is gamely answering questions from host Daniel Flessas. At one point, Flessas remarks that whenever there’s a need for … Read More

New Review on JazzTimes.com for Sivan Arbel

July 15, 2016Reviews

by Travis Rogers Jr. for JazzTimes.com and the Jazz Owl    Sivan Arbel Crosses “Broken Lines” Incredible vocals and a hot band Sivan Arbel has an old school approach to melody and harmony but a novel way to enforce what she understands and composes. There is a strength as well as a delicacy to her vocals. … Read More

Sivan Arbel is featured in the Ottawa Citizen

July 13, 2016Features

  Sivan Arbel, a young Israeli jazz-singing hopeful, visits Ottawa PETER HUM, OTTAWA CITIZEN A young, new-to-town female singer sat in Monday night in Hull along with some of Le Petit Chicago’s usual jam session suspects. There seemed to be a little more jockeying when it came to choosing a tune — I think she … Read More