Sweet New Sounds from the Ancient City of Jaffa

by  Leah Falk for Jewniverse

 On Luna Abu Nassar's Bandcamp-released debut album, Asaper Lakh ("I'll tell you") your ears may deceive you. The 24-year-old Palestinian-Israeli singer's light, flexible voice hits first, and is momentarily mistakable for that of any twenty-something girl with a guitar. But then a hint of scraped harp strings, a little reverb, and the force of Abu Nassar's lyrics—effortless in both Hebrew and Arabic—makes the album decidedly more earth than sylph.

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