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Most of you probably already have Hinach Yafa by the Idan Raichel Project, because I've uploaded it multiple times in the years since I first found the song, which I've never grown tired of. It's a Hebrew and Aramaic modern version of the Song of Songs, and is one of the gorgeous pieces of music I know.
Given that I love this one song so much, I've always wanted to hear other songs by the group, but could never find any; their one CD for sale on Amazon lingered as 'unavailable' for years, I could never find a single additional song to download in all the internet, ebay never produced a CD for sale, etc. I gave up making an particular effort to search it out.
Today I was in a Barnes & Noble, trolling their poetry books for things to post later this month, when Hinach Yafa came on as the background. I hummed along for a few bars, thinking Oh, yes, I love this song, and then suddenly realized ...what the hell? I have never heard this song played in public! I have never seen any reference to this group from someone who didn't get it from me!
I fluttered over to the information desk and asked, "What CD are you playing! Is this for sale!" The guy called someone, asked, and informed me that it was a personal mix made by the music manager, who was not currently in the store, and so no one knew.
Disappointed, I decided to go poke around their CD section anyway, since I don't know any music managers of a Barnes & Noble, in the hope that she might have gotten it from a CD in the store. And! People, I bring you grand news: an Idan Raichel Project CD has indeed finally been released in the United States, and I now own a copy. Awesome.
Given that I love this one song so much, I've always wanted to hear other songs by the group, but could never find any; their one CD for sale on Amazon lingered as 'unavailable' for years, I could never find a single additional song to download in all the internet, ebay never produced a CD for sale, etc. I gave up making an particular effort to search it out.
Today I was in a Barnes & Noble, trolling their poetry books for things to post later this month, when Hinach Yafa came on as the background. I hummed along for a few bars, thinking Oh, yes, I love this song, and then suddenly realized ...what the hell? I have never heard this song played in public! I have never seen any reference to this group from someone who didn't get it from me!
I fluttered over to the information desk and asked, "What CD are you playing! Is this for sale!" The guy called someone, asked, and informed me that it was a personal mix made by the music manager, who was not currently in the store, and so no one knew.
Disappointed, I decided to go poke around their CD section anyway, since I don't know any music managers of a Barnes & Noble, in the hope that she might have gotten it from a CD in the store. And! People, I bring you grand news: an Idan Raichel Project CD has indeed finally been released in the United States, and I now own a copy. Awesome.