Benny to Release New Album: Yesh Tikvah!
Almost three years after Jewish music lovers everywhere first got a taste of Benny Friedman with his debut album, Taamu, the talented singer is set to release his newest collection of musical gems, much to the delight of his loyal legions of fans worldwide.
Titled Yesh Tikvah, the album promises to be yet another powerhouse from the duo of Benny Friedman and Avi Newmark, who have teamed up once again with engineer/arranger Ian Freitor and technical producer Sruly Meyer for an eleven song release that strives for an unsurpassed level of musical excellence.
Having set the musical bar so high with Taamu, Friedman acknowledges that the pressure was on for Yesh Tikvah, which features an array of songs that cover a full range of emotions and musical genres.
Both Friedman, who has been cementing his status as a musical superstar one performance at a time, and Newmark, who has earned a reputation as a producer par excellence with a track record of producing albums that are cutting edge, innovative, yet never cross the line, have high hopes for Yesh Tikvah, a labor of love for both artists that has spanned close to three years.
Yesh Tikvah features compositions by Elimelech Blumstein, Ari Goldwag, Bentzi Marcus, Yitzy Waldner, newcomer Marc Levine and a joint composition by Yoni Eliav and Friedman himself. Rounding out the roster of talent are arrangers Ian Freitor, Leib Yaakov Rigler, Yaron Gershovsky, Aryeh Kunstler, choir work by Moshe Roth and background vocals by Yitzy Spinner and Ari Goldwag.
An audio sampler will be released in the coming days, and the first official Benny Friedman music video, for the title track Yesh Tikvah is in its final stages to be released in a couple weeks.
The album, which is due out shortly, is being distributed by Aderet and will be available in stores and is already available for pre order at www.mostlymusic.com.
Boro Park Much Music Listener
Hey, I was in Boro Park outside of Much Music… heard this fast-beating chassidic (Bobover or something like that) chasine band, I’m telling you…. the men on the sidewalk were in a total frenzy. I’m not sure of the group, but they kept going on and on and on… Utter Simcha without boundaries!!!!!!!!!!! Talk of simcha poretz geder… Let’s have this kind of stuff from this new year’s biz moshiach tzidkeinu. OK? Carry on Benny.
Boruch Lowey, Flatbush
I was there – last week on 13th I think… having a pizza, when I noticed like an 80 yr old man raising his hands in the sky, like a Breslover, but he was a simple yid, regular everyday clothes. I stepped outside and to my surprise, saw a bunch of men, young, old, a 7 ft tall funny guy also, dancing in a circle . It’s too bad I didn’t have my I-Phone with me, I had left it in my van a few blocks away. Totally hysteria over this very loud wedding song. I wish I knew the band. Had a yiddish speaking lead singer.