The new album "A Dove & Beyond" of singer Lilac Sheer with Shay Tochner and Friends has been released.
It is already available for sale at all of Lilac Sheer's and Shay Tochner concerts.
BAND MEMBERS
Shay Tochner, Lilac Sheer, Elisha Avshalom, Jonathan Miller, David Deckelbaum, Paul Moore, Marcie Schreier, Gali Glickman, Ofer Groman, Maayan Carmeli, Nir Mutzeri, Moni Arnon, Meri Roth, Hillel Mogle, Adam Mader, Tal Kornberg, Dato Shalom, Asaf Kornberg, Keren Somech, Michal Klein, Elad Yifrach, Yael Deckelbaum, Tami Katzin, Dana Halevi, Ella Jackson, Rotem Edri, Larry Fogel, Diane Kaplan, Itzik Weinstein, Lee Triffon, Geva Alon, Itai Balter, Noam Pail and many others.
The bands that play with Shay Tochner are usually folk bands, Irish / Celtic bands, Country bands and world divercified music bands, as the people who normally play with Shay are musicians who belong to the the mentioned genres.
Shay grew up on British, Scottish, Irish and American folk. Artists that influenced him the most are John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Davey Graham, Pentangle, Steeleye Span, Sandy Denny, Dick Gaughan, Fairport Convention (from the British Isles), and Pete Seeger, Weavers, Joan Baez, Rambling Jack Eliott, Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, The Eagles, Steve Miller Band, Stan Rogers, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and many others from North America.
Sounds Like
Depending on the people who are at the band, the sound can vary from Fairport Convention, Pentangle, The Nashville Ramblers, Seekers or whatever, but it actually always has a unique sound which does not sound exactly like anybody...
Here are pictures that were taken in a concert at Levontine 7, Tel Aviv , Israel, with Yael Deckelbaum and Geva Alon.
All pictures were taken by Itay Szekely (Grebulon) who is credited for them with great thanks.
Here are some videos of Shay Tochner with Friends:
Shay Tochner is a guitar, harmonica and banjo player who has a long musical history which took place in Israel, Scotland and England. Shay played with many bands throughout his long career, including "The Jerusalem Taverners", "Reshit Jewish Ensemble", "Country Roads", "Emerald Irish Traditional Band" , "Celtic Synergy", Shuly Natan, Ruchama Raz, Suzy Miller and many others, including Tom Paxton, the American legendary folk singer/songwriter.
The idea of forming "Shay and Friends" band came up and was named after the name given by the organizers of the famous "Jacob's Ladder" folk festival, to one of the acts that became a tradition in the festival, where Shay hosted the best local artists and the guests from overseas for a long set on Saturday mornings where he played with them all, rehearsed and non-rehearsed sets, and actually connected artists who never knew each other and definitely never played with each other creating unforgetable sets of music with great musical atmosphere.
The band members never stay the same for every show. According to the type of music or program needed Shay builds up the band from the big number of musicians that Shay regularly plays with, thus creating the best show possible, why shay plays guitar and harmonica as the "backbone" of the band and usually makes all the musical arrangements and set lists.
The concerts are usually amplified acoustic music, Folk, Folk-Rock, Country, Bluegrass, Celtic, English, Irish and Scottich music.
This Video contains some short clips from songs performed by the "Country Roads" band in Kamelot Hertzeliya October 2006.
Next time we are in Israel I will have to check to see where you are playing before we make our plans.. we were there In March for the first time and LOVED our trip.. and are planning on coming back soon..
יום חמישי הבא 17.7 בצוזאמן (לילינבלום 25) עינב ג'קסון כהן - דאבל פיצ'ר עם רונית רולנד שתי הופעות בערב (ובכרטיס!) אחד בלבד! :) יש לשים לב לשעה (תשע!), ההופעה תתחיל מוקדם כמיטב המסורת – סוכריות על מקל ודיסקים תוצרת בית מתנה
לילה טוב! עינב
אה כן! – לחיצה קטנה ותמימה על התמונה פה תזניק אליכם למחשב את הדמו החדש שלי "אנדר קונסטרקשן", הכי בחינם שיכול להיות. הוא בושל בהמון אהבה, נסו אותו בבית.
Hello From Alabama! Just dropped by to do a little listening. You sound Awesome. Great tunes. Take care and you have a Great Week my friend. Best wishes to you always.
