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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