Zohar Manor-Abel

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Every Monday I send my friends a song. From now on I will have the text published here together with the song available for listening. Slowly I will have the previous Mondays as well. swfobject.registerObject(“ssg_gplayer_object-139-0″, “9.0.0″, “http://www.criticalflare.com/wp-content/plugins/ssg-wordpress-google-audio-player/swfobject/expressInstall.swf”); Yann Tiersen feat Elizabeth Fraser – Kala Today’s song is by a French musician and composer, Yann Tiersen, who’s mostly [...]

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TV on the Radio – Staring at the Sun [Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, 2001]

Acoustic Ladyland – Cuts and Lies [Skinny Grin, 2006]