Ravid Kahalani sings and plays the gumbri (a plucked string instrument), Shanir Blumenkranz plays bass and oud, Rony Iwryn plays percussion and Dan Mayo plays drums.
A reconciliation between the leader's secular culture and his ability to project it in the trendy clubs of New York, Paris, Tangiers and Tel Aviv. Shabazi's project was to set to 21st-century music the most beautiful texts by the 17th-century Yemeni poet Shalem Shabazi. In this case, the mix was made by producer Tamir Muskat (co-founder of Balkan Beat Box and producer of Asaf Avidan, Gogol Bordello, A-WA and Ester Rada), and it's masterful. First with composer Omer Avital, musical director of the eponymous debut album released in 2011, then with bassist and oud player Shanir Blumenkranz from the Tzadik galaxy, John Zorn, Yo-Yo Ma (Silk Road Project), with the release of the album Insaniya, in 2015, produced by Bill Laswell, producer of Herbie Hancock, George Clinton, Touré Kunda, and which contains a duet with Oxmo Puccino. It has to be said that Ravid has always had the opportunity to surround himself well. By connecting these age-old and essential trances with the energies of blues, funk and rock, we get the music of YEMEN BLUES. A culture that reconciles the learned, the popular and mystical experiences.
The origin of their name and their music comes from the strength it draws from the culture of Yemen, the crossroads of the Arab world, East Africa and Jewish cultures. They usually tour the United States, Europe and the Arab world. The timelessness of ancestral grooves is evident in this music, which oscillates between black American music, the vibrations of the Saharan desert, Nubian, Gnawi, Tuareg, Saidi and Bambara music. At the crossroads of blues, funk and rock, the band's music is tinged with the various influences of the Middle East. The band was formed in 2010 by Yemeni-born Israeli multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Ravid Kahalani, who lives between Tel Aviv and Helsinki.
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