Anova Prod.
Noa Babayof : From a Window to a Wall (IS,2007)***°
Noa Babayof surely is a fine discovery, and it seemed she was adapted by the finest Philadelphia crew, again, who delivered the finest and most perfect chamber music arrangements, with Katt Hernandez on violin, Jesse Sparhawk on mandolin (3 tracks), Greg Weeks on recorder, percussion, white/pink noise, bells and additional string arrangements, Jessica Weeks on flute (1 track), Margaret Weink (Fern Knight, Eyesores,..) on cello and contra bass, Amit Erez on additional guitar (3 tracks) and additional vocals (one track). The beautiful artwork was once more provided by Maria Pugnetti, who succeeds to make the music richer visually. The album is already out in Israel, and will soon be distributed by Drag City on Greg’s sub-label in spring 2008.
Noah has the right portion of vulnerable sensitivity that gives all kinds of folk flavoured music an attractive quality carried by her voice ; -the same kind of qualities typical of many feminine folk greats, makes her here perhaps most comparable, for her voice, to Sharron Kraus for instance. Although entirely beautiful, I need to read the booklet to check the lyrics better, but also there I am distracted by the artwork that provides another satisfactory dream, and if it were not her voice and vocal arrangements, the chamberlike arrangements would get.
