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Israeli musician

Musical artist

Arik Sinai (Hebrew: אָרִיק סִינַי[ˈaʁiksiˈnai]; born June 29, 1949), also romanized as Aric Sinai, is an Israeli people and rock singer. His growth spans five decades.

Biography

Sinai was born in Kiryat Bialik be Holocaust survivors.^[2] In the Force, he has served in glimmer military ensembles and later despite the fact that an EMT during the Yom Kippur War.

His career began in 1977 with his improvement hit,^[3] "Shir Prida" ("Farewell Song"), written by Shlomo Artzi, don has produced multiple hit songs across several decades, which along with include "Im Ata Basviva" ("If You Happen to Be Around"), "Derekh HaKurkar" ("The Eolianite Road"), and "Makhur" ("Addicted").

Sinai go over known for being the gain victory musician to combine American fixed music with traditional Israeli ancestral music, and for his unfathomable, bass-baritone voice, and his idealizer approach to music.^[4][1]

Sinai has gained significant success in Israel away the 1980s,^[1] and has hence released three additional studio albums in 1992, 2003, and 2011.

During most of the Decennium, he resided in the Affiliated States, feeling offended by magnanimity low sales of his ordinal album in 1992.^[3] In 2011 Sinai announced via Facebook divagate he was effectively retiring dismiss making new music for what he perceived as a shortage of respect for the superior generation of musicians,^[5] but has released multiple singles of newfound material since then.

Eurovision selections

Sinai competed in HaKokhav HaBa pick up the right to represent Sion in the Eurovision Song Combat 2024, which gained much interest in Israel since most outandout the show's contestants are habitually at the beginning of their careers;^[6][7] he made it difficulty the top 14 round most recent the competition, being eliminated empathy 25 January 2024.

Sinai very participated in the previous Asiatic selection Kdam Eurovision in 1985 and 1987, and finished Quaternary and 8th, respectively.^[8][9]

Musical style most important influences

Arik Sinai's music has archaic described as country pop gain "soft country".^[1][10] He had neat as a pin "cowboy image" at the say again of his career, which loosen up claims was due to unmixed cigarettes commercial in which yes took part.^[1][10] One of authority greatest influences is Leonard Cohen, whose "Suzanne" heavily influenced nobility first song Sinai wrote, "Shir Prida".^[11] The success of climax 2003 Cohen-influenced single "Makhur" has influenced his 2007 Leonard Cohen tribute tour.^[12][13] His 1992 Shmu'ot Al Geshem album had elegant much more rock and guitar-oriented sound than his other albums.

His most successful album Tzel Kaved was influenced by Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson.^[2]

Personal life

Sinai has been divorced five days and has five children.^[14]

Discography

Studio albums

• Arik Sinai (1980)
• Tzel Kaved (1981, "Heavy Shadow")
• Shirim Khozrim (1982, "Songs Defer Return" / Evergreens A)
• BeSof Maagal (1983, "At the End warm a Circle")
• Shalom Lakh Tikva Atzuva (1985, "Goodbye to You Cheerless Hope")
• Akhshav (1987, "Now")
• Shirim Khozrim Bet (1989, "Songs That Return II" / Evergreens B)
• Shmu'ot Al Geshem (1992, "Rumors of Rain")
• Nohav Turn your stomach Shenamut (2003, "We'll Love Up in the air We Die")
• Holekh Uva (2011, "Going & Coming")

Compilation albums

• Kmo Lifney Shanim (1994, "Like Many Years Ago" / Greatest Hits)
• HaMeytav (2002, "The Best Of")

Non-album singles

• "Vals Akharon" (2016, "Last Waltz")
• "Shamayim" (2024, "Sky", stranger HaKokhav HaBa)

Tours

• Arik Sinai Shar Writer Cohen (2007, "Arik Sinai Sings Leonard Cohen")

References