Jazz Articles about Yair Yona

About Yair Yona

Album Review

Yair Yona: World Behind Curtains

Read "World Behind Curtains" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 9, 2012

Like his debut, Remember (Anova, 2010), this sophomore release from Yair Yona still features the Israeli as a guitarist paying his debts to the American Primitive and British finger-picking traditions. But the ambitious World Behind Curtains focuses, first and foremost, on Yona the composer. His compositions for an acoustic chamber ensemble move the finger-picking schools into new timeless avenues, spicing the folksy melodies with motives from jazz, Middle-Eastern scales and post-rock. Yona's eight short compositions tell an ...

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Album Review

Yair Yona: Remember

Read "Remember" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 30, 2011

Yair Yona is a resourceful Israeli guitarist and producer, whose solo debut salutes legendary and innovative finger-picking guitarists from both sides of the Atlantic such as John Fahey, Leo Kottke and Bert Jansch. But Yona does not shy away from updating these guitarists' influential legacies and sounds, with references to modern indie post-rock groups and guitarists such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jack Rose and Robbie Basho. Throughout the album, Yona experiments with different strategies that reflect ...