Tsf"a was a great year to Israeli music, at least in the middle, after finishing the closures and restrictions corona choking the civilized world. Big back performances, singles went out and looks hungry crowd enthusiastically returned consume music.
So what awaits us in the coming year, Tsf " B?
Here are some intriguing projects that are supposed to happen this year in Israeli music.
Noga Erez Acoustic
The year ending for her undoubtedly belonged to one Israeli artist, who made a remarkable transition to the international arena.
This was the year of Noga Erez's breakthrough.
After years of hard work, and thanks to talent and the album "KIDS" produced by her partner Uri Russo - she became a huge name in local music and also a star overseas.
Billy Aylish also helped with this, who warmly recommended her album and marked it as "one of their own".
Now, after releasing acoustic versions of some of her songs, Erez is releasing "Kids Against the Machine", an album full of acoustic versions of her familiar songs.
The album will be released worldwide as early as next month, also produced by Rousseau.
It was her year.
Noga Erez, Shay Franco
Infected Mushroom Celebrate
It was supposed to happen on September 19, but the Corona raised its head again
and the electronic band Infected Mushroom was forced to postpone the huge celebration, which it planned to celebrate its jubilee, to April 14, 2022 in the Yarkon Park.
The duo members, Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdev, promise a series of surprises on the show, in which they return to their notable collaborations over the years (did anyone say Berry Sakharof?).
They will also show for the first time pieces that have never been published, and will also play a special performance of familiar songs, created especially for this show.
25th anniversary celebrations.
Infected Mushroom, Crutch fan
Dana Berger does not give up
In April 2000, Dana Berger's album "Until the End" was released, which was a great success and released a number of hits.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the album, Berger planned a festive show, but then the corona arrived and she had to postpone the show for a year.
First the show was postponed to August, then postponed again to November, hoping this was the last postponement.
"Until the End" is considered the most successful and beloved of the singer's albums (which will celebrate her 51st birthday in November) and she has every reason to celebrate it, even if it is now a 21-year celebration of the album and not 20. Berger plans to release a new album this year, first since 2017.
A year late.
Dana Berger, Eric Sultan
The Palm Festival is back
On Sukkot, the Tamar Festival will return to our lives, after it was postponed again and again last year and finally canceled.
The festival, which has been held in the Dead Sea area since 1999, includes names like Omer Adam, Jasmine Mualem and Tuna (who will all perform in one evening), Hanan Ben Ari who will host Berry Sakharof, Micha Sheetrit and Amir Benyon, Atar Meiner who will host rapper Eden Darso, Margi who will host Shahar Saul, Mercedes Band who will host Red Band, Ravid Plotnik who will host Jimbo Jay, The Snake Fish who will sing with Echo, Gidi Gov and Yehuda Poliker in a joint show, Idan Raichel's project, Eviatar Banai, Korin Elal and Ronit Shachar, Carolina, Riff Cohen, Shalom Hanoch who will host Shlomi Shaban, Keren Peles who will host Hatikva 6 and Mosh Ben Ari who will host Yuval Dayan.
Hold fingers that nothing will go wrong.
Shahar Ibn Tzur for children
When he is not busy being the drummer of the band Monica Sex, Shahar Even Tzur cultivates his own solo career, which is remembered quite a bit thanks to the hit "Naked".
Anyone who has seen him grab the reins at his mother band's shows knows that this is a great performer.
In the coming year, Even Tzur will go in a slightly different direction and release an album for children, in collaboration with the Nature Museum in Tel Aviv.
Even Tzur wrote, composed, produced and performed ten new songs, each of which is dedicated to a different rare Israeli animal (including caracal or sea cucumber).
And there is also a message about difference and acceptance of the other.
Shahar Ibn Tzur and the animals, Lia Yaffa
Teddy bites up gear
Teddy Ngusa has been operating in the Israeli music industry for enough years.
He has participated in a variety of musical projects and released two albums, but there is no doubt that what made him a household name in almost every home was the song "It's in My Blood", his collaboration with Jasmine Mualem (another name that exploded into the world only in the last year and a half).
So after scorching the radio with one of the biggest local hip-hop hits of recent years, Ngusa is set to release a third album by mid-September.
The position of the producer this time is taken by Itamar Ziegler, a member of the beloved and esteemed ensembles "Balkan Beat Box" and "The Backyard".
Sounds promising.
Album on the way.
Teddy Ngusa, Noa Eisenman
Echo will sing you a solo
Another name in the hip-hop world that has made a significant breakthrough in the past year is the singer Eco.
In her case it was the soundtrack to the hit series "Headquarters" here 11 that marked her as a hot name in the scene.
In October, she plans to take advantage of the momentum she has created and release a second solo album in Hebrew, which will be released three years after its predecessor.
Some of the singles that have come out of it so far indicate a rapprochement with more mainstream places, and she herself recently admitted this in an interview with "Israel Today".
After collaborating with Jane Bordeaux on the song "Hard Woman", she is currently also working on a joint song with Anya Buxtein and with Maimon songs.
Yeah Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like BT aint for me either.
Takes advantage of the momentum.
Echo, with me guards
Paul Trunk in Paul Power
Quietly, Paul Trunk became one of the favorite bands in the country, and without too much media coverage.
The band's story begins in the field and continues in the field, and these days it is finishing work on a new album.
Some of his songs have been released in the last year and a half, and one of them, "Mammoth", is already performed on stages at the band's performances, which includes Gal Nisman, Ofer Weiner, Yotam Elazari and Ariel Keshet, and who makes blues-rock music in English and Hebrew.
Working on a new album.
Paul Trunk, Romano fan
Indingev is getting stronger
The music festival, which has been held for almost a decade and a half in the Negev, has long been not a fringe music festival.
Although it attracts all the prominent alternative artists in Israel, in recent years its lineup also contains big and well-known names.
After a year of absence due to the corona, he is expected to return to activity after Sukkot (September 30 to October 2 at Mitzpe Gvulot) with an impressive list of participants.
Among others, there will be Mercedes Band, Assaf Amdursky, Jasmine Mualem, Uzi Ramirez, Lola Marsh, Red Access, Gon Ben Ari and the Choir of Others, Uzi Navon and acquaintances, Or Edri with Karni Postel and many more.
New albums
There are some intriguing albums that are already brewing on the fire and are expected to come out over the next year.
Among other things, we are expecting a new album by Shlomi Shaban, the first in eight years (after the iconic "Exercise in Awakening"), which will include some interesting but secret collaborations at this stage.
The band Lola Marsh is also working on a new international album, which will be released sometime during the year.
Dudu Tessa will continue his collaboration with the poet Eli Eliyahu, and the two will release a sequel to "Children's Letter", an album dedicated entirely to Eliyahu's work.
Continue to the shared album.
Eli Eliyahu and his uncle Tessa, Coco
Also on the line: a new album by Natan Slor (the son of Tirza Atar and the grandson of Natan Alterman), which will include his collaborations with Oshik Levy and Dana Berger.
In addition, Mark Eliyahu will release an album at a date yet to be set, Sivan Talmore will release a new album in Hebrew and Amir Lev will release an eighth album in number, produced by Ronen Sabo.