yael deckelbaum hallelujah

[pe swijngedouw]

yesterday-night, on arte-tv, "april in tel aviv", about art & music & things like that, ended with a singer called yael deckelbaum, singing a very nice version of hallelujah.
i only just caught her name in the credits at the end of the show, but i did not have any more info about her ; her name does not figure among the covering artists on Leonardcohenfiles, so i guess this is not a song from an official album - or is it ? does anyone know anything about her ?

thanks,
pe

[brightnow]

Hey there pe,

You can find out more about Yael at her official web site: http://www.yaeldeckelbaum.com/
There are also quite a few clips of hers on YouTube.

Hope this helps,

Avi

[leonardmtl]

Avi,

Thanks for your post of Yael Deckelbaum's website.

When I first saw her name posted on the Forum, I wondered if she was the daughter of David Decklebaum who emigrated to israel from Montreal. I hesitated to post this because it seemed like a reach for a Forum post.

Now you have confirmed it.......

I knew David growing up in Montreal in the 60's; we went to the same summer camp....and, in fact, his brother, Steve, was in my class at Outremenot High School.

David was well known as a shy guy but an absolutely outstanding banjo player.

No wonder Yael is talented...its in her Montreal genes!

Leonard from Montreal

[pe swijngedouw]

goodnight, and thanks, everyone.

it's always surprising, to see how small this world is : someone in belgium, watching a documentary about culture in israel, on a german/french tv-station, gets info from an american, who rises old memories for a canadian, who has known the father of the singer ;
it's a small world, out there, or a big world, over here, on this forum

pe