Yair Yona - Official site http://www.yairyona.net The official site of Yair Yona; A Musician, blogger, label manager and slick lover. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:29:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 New Single Out! http://www.yairyona.net/new-single-out/ http://www.yairyona.net/new-single-out/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:21:43 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=314 Hey folks

I’m thrilled to tell tell you all that a new single It’s Not The Heat (It’s The Humidity) is now out and available for a free download. Click here to get it.
The single is from my new album World Behind Curtains that will be released on February 14th in Israel, US and EU
Download the single.

]]> http://www.yairyona.net/new-single-out//feed 0 Two New Cool Videos http://www.yairyona.net/two-new-cool-videos/ http://www.yairyona.net/two-new-cool-videos/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:43:17 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=300 Two new videos from a gig in Tel Aviv are now online.
Finally – a great, HD footage with a great sound. I’m pleased!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://www.yairyona.net/two-new-cool-videos//feed 1 RIP Bert Jansch http://www.yairyona.net/rip-bert-jansch/ http://www.yairyona.net/rip-bert-jansch/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:17:41 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=294 Yesterday the world lost of its greatest musicians, an influential guitarist, songwriter and persona – Bert Jansch.

Bert has been an influence on me for almost ten years. When I first arrived to London, I held a bass guitar and my future was all about playing bass in bands and get psychedelic. When I first heard Bert’s first album, it completley shocked my world in such way, that I almost sold my bass guitar, just to become an acoustic guitar. More about this here.

He was responsible of the path I took in life, of being an acoustic guitar player. Of course, many other had influence on my music, but it was Jansch who started my crash on the guitar in the first place.
In my fantasys, I knew that some day we’ll collaborate musically. Please don’t think I’m arrogant or whatever, just that I truly became such a hardcore fan, that it felt like a meeting between us has got to happen.

But, guess I was wrong. In anyway, god bless you, dear teacher. Rest in peace, and thanks for changing my life.

Yair

]]> http://www.yairyona.net/rip-bert-jansch//feed 0 OutNow Recordings – A New Label http://www.yairyona.net/outnow-recordings-a-new-label/ http://www.yairyona.net/outnow-recordings-a-new-label/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:13:49 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=280 I’m so proud about this.
Ido Bukelman (guitarist) and Yoni Kretzmer (saxophonist), two friends of mine, offered me to join this new record label they wanted to launch – OutNow Recordings.  I said yes.
The label is all about free jazz and avantgarde, but artistically, we’re trying to stay away from the ‘classic’ free jazz sound and style, and find a new definition for these terms, explore new sounds and find out what the term ‘jazz’ really means these days.

The label starts its way with six new releases, which we’re very proud of. You can download the label sampler if you’d join the label’s mailing list, through the website. It’s still under constructions and everything is fairly new, there’s a lot to be done, but we have some great music to offer meanwhile, so please do check us out. Have fun!

]]> http://www.yairyona.net/outnow-recordings-a-new-label//feed 0 Yair Yona 2011 US Tour Dates! http://www.yairyona.net/yair-yona-2011-us-tour-dates/ http://www.yairyona.net/yair-yona-2011-us-tour-dates/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:59:21 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=285 Hi folks

Within a week, I’ll be flying to the US for my first solo US tour. I’m very curious and excited about it.
Among the shows, I’ll play the great Hopescotch festival, and will also participate in a panel earlier that day.

See the full schedule here

]]> http://www.yairyona.net/yair-yona-2011-us-tour-dates//feed 0 Blog Facelift http://www.yairyona.net/blog-facelift/ http://www.yairyona.net/blog-facelift/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:07:31 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=278 If you haven’t noticed yet, my music blog Small Town Romance looks much better then ever before.
Odelia, who’s taking care of all my websites, did a great job as always and had the blogs redesigned.
what do you think of the change?

Yair

]]> http://www.yairyona.net/blog-facelift//feed 0 Work On The New Album Is Now Over! http://www.yairyona.net/work-on-the-new-album-is-now-over/ http://www.yairyona.net/work-on-the-new-album-is-now-over/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:01:36 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=274 So glad to tell you all, that the work on my second album, World Behind Curtains is now done.
We finished mixing it, artwork is ready, and we’re going to print and release it really soon.

Since everybody declares the track list in advance, as if it means anything, I figured I should do the same thing, so here goes:

1. Expatriates
2. It’s Not The Heat (It’s The Humidity)
3. This One’s For You, Glenn
4.  Kottke and the Orchids
5.  Mad About You
6.  Miss Fortune (Kaiser’s Eyes)
7. Poetry Nights In Valhalla
8. Bella

Stay tuned for more news about this release. You should join the mailing list if you haven’t done so already. Good stuff appears there, honestly.

]]> http://www.yairyona.net/work-on-the-new-album-is-now-over//feed 0 New Home Recorded Track Of Pharaoh http://www.yairyona.net/new-home-recorded-track-of-pharaoh/ http://www.yairyona.net/new-home-recorded-track-of-pharaoh/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:29:50 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=264 Hi folks,

I recorded a new version of my track Pharaoh.
The new version features an electric slide and some acoustic 12 strings ambient.
It came out pretty good I think, what do you think?
Click on the post title to stream it here or click on the link below to go to the Soundcloud page.

Pharaoh (2011) by Yair_Yona

]]> http://www.yairyona.net/new-home-recorded-track-of-pharaoh//feed 0 Two New Sketches Of Songs From My Second Album http://www.yairyona.net/work-in-progress/ http://www.yairyona.net/work-in-progress/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:06:05 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=253 To share with you the excitement I had of my birthday, and because I can’t just accept gifts and don’t give back, I’ve recorded two sketches of new songs that will appear in my second album, due to be released in later 2011.

These are home recordings, rough, unmixed and unedited, and I truly hope you’ll enjoy them.
(Click on the post title to listen to the sketches)

La Feira De Sevilla by Yair_Yona

Poetry Night In Valhalla by Yair_Yona


]]> http://www.yairyona.net/work-in-progress//feed 1 Bootleg Series #3 – Live In Jerusalem (Again!) http://www.yairyona.net/bootleg-series-3-live-in-jerusalem-again/ http://www.yairyona.net/bootleg-series-3-live-in-jerusalem-again/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:41:17 +0000 Yair Yona http://www.yairyona.net/?p=245 The third volume in my ongoing, never ending Bootleg Series is now online.
I decided not to upload it to Bandcamp like the previous volumes, but to give it exclusively to The Free Music Archive, one of the best music sites exists.
The show include one new track (the opening track).

Enjoy

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