Avishai Cohen is one of the most talented contemporary double-bass players. His albums have a fine construction, powerful rhythms, intelligent melodies and a very long breath. His last work, Aurora,
is not contradicting the expectations set with Gently Disturbed. Besides Avishai now explores influences from his Levant's heritage, giving this work a wonderful Mediterranean atmosphere. But this time he chooses the song as central musical entity, and songs needs lyrics. Cohen is a great musician, but a mediocre poet; his lyrics are terrible, and devastate his songs.
“You shouldn’t write things in a different language than your mother-tongue”, as Enith once told me after reading the lyrics of River Man in this blog.
That’s a shame, and I must discourage you from listening to this album.
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