Northbrook Community Synagogue To Hold Performance By Moshav Band On Sept. 9
The Moshav Band will perform in Northbrook Community Synagogue's annual Elul Concert Series for an evening of music and spirituality at the synagogue starting at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 9. Moshav's performance will be an inspirational prelude to the High Holidays. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. To reserve tickets call 847-509-9204 or email office@northbrookcommunitysynagoguge.org. Northbrook Community Synagogue is located at 2548 Jasper Court. Check out their website www.moshavband.com.
Raised in Israel on Moshav Mevo Modi'in, a musical village in the hills between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Yehuda (vocals, percussion) and Duvid (vocals, guitar) learned and played music together since childhood.
Their American parents had come to Israel in 1972 – just in time for the 1972 Yom Kippur war. They settled on a Moshav that was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
“When we were growing up,” explains Duvid, “the only electrical appliance in the house was a record player. So, while American kids might be growing up watching television and playing video games, we were growing up listening to music.” The music they listened to were the records their parents had brought with them – Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Neil Young – and that music, combined with the beat poets they read and embraced continue to influence their songwriting. While on the moshav, the young men performed with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, as well as on their own.
Eventually, American students traveling in Israel heard them play and befriended the members of the band. Taken not only with the beauty of their music, but the band members' charismatic stage presence, these young kids from the U.S. went back to the States and raised the money to bring MOSHAV to America for college tours in the late 1990's. By 2000 the band had relocated to Los Angeles. Continuously touring across the United States and the world, including festivals in Australia, Canada and Europe, MOSHAV built a large following.
After releasing and selling close to 50,000 of their self-produced albums, the band eventually caught the eye of music publisher Ronny Vance (2Pac, No Doubt, Ron Sexsmith) and producer Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Guster, Barenaked Ladies). Together they recorded the album, MISPLACED in 2006. Reviews for the record were highly favorable and the group toured heavily before teaming up again, in 2010, with Ron Aniello and Clif Norrell ( R.E.M., Jeff Buckley, Sting) to create their latest album- DANCING IN A DANGEROUS WORLD. The band is excited to hit the road to share their latest material.