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Asaf Avidan
Taking his cues from great 1960s troubadours, soul legends and ragged old
bluesmen, Israeli singer-songwriter Asaf Avidan specialises in personal ballads
and folk-rock stomps, but first became known to European audiences when one of
his tracks was remixed into a floor-filling club hit. Born on March 23rd, 1980
in Jerusalem as the son of a diplomat, Avidan spent parts of his childhood
living in Jamaica and Thailand, later working as an animator in Tel Aviv, but
reached a crossroads in his life when he broke up with his long term girlfriend.
At the age of 25 he moved back to his ho...
