In a candlelit show at Hangar 11, the Israeli singer-songwriter moved between piano and guitar, sharing raw emotions and musical mastery in a moving two-hour performance. Although he sings in English, ...

The captivating new Asaf Avidan rockumantary, Final Stages, is in many ways a lesson in how not to be a rock star. From The Churchills to Dana International, global rock and roll success has long been ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. While Asaf Avidan has drawn comparisons to both Jeff Buckley and Nina Simone, he ...

The singer Asaf Avidan has a remarkable voice and a great new song, written in one sleepless night in Paris that also sparked the beginning of a... Earlier this year I heard a voice like no other. In ...

While much of today's international music coverage on Israel focuses on the hot-button issue of artists performing in Israel, few if any look at Israeli musicians' success abroad. Enter Asaf Avidan… ...

Although he sings in English, Avidan spoke to the packed theater in Hebrew, telling the audience at the outset that he did not consider his music “escapism.” Asked what it’s like to come back to ...

“It’s just me playing music. I’m not going to ask anyone to holler. I’m not going to ask anyone to make noise. I’m just going to play some songs.” Those were the first few words from Asaf Avidan, one ...

When a friend with “global” taste in music sent me a link to a remix called “Reckoning Song (One Day)” last winter, I was immediately intrigued. The woman singing had such an unusual bluesy voice, and ...

One part of Asaf Avidan, the Israeli songwriter who gave a solo concert on Friday night at Irving Plaza, is a lot like Leonard Cohen: the Leonard Cohen who sings delicately fingerpicked songs full of ...

While Asaf Avidan has drawn comparisons to Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley and Nina Simone, he possesses a voice that is utterly singular. As London’s The Independent recently put it, “If you haven’t heard ...