Sivan Arbel

Sivan Arbel: Change of Light

by Jerome Wilson
August 6, 2019

Sivan Arbel is a young singer with an angelic, elastic tone and the ability to write songs that marry contemplative lyrics to surging melodies with impressive power. Most of her songs use a wide range of sound dynamics, beginning softly with just voice and piano but slowly gathering force and instruments for a big, stormy climax where the musicians scream alongside the soaring passion of Arbel's singing. Many of her works follow that pattern. “Omri" begins as a ...