Jewish Music Review Wrap Up

In case you missed my latest reviews I have one on Shwekey and on Ohad 2. Overall I think Shwekey has the better material and his songs will make a bigger impact on the Jewish Music scene. Time will tell which will be a bigger hit? What do you think about these albums?

Jewish Music Review:Shwekey Review: Lsheim Shomayim

As Promised I have finished my review on the newest Shwekey release:L'sheim shomayim.









Birishus


This song starts with the traditional tune from Akdamus and goes into a moderate ballad. The low part is real nice but the high part lacks a bit of a good hook and is a bit anti climatic.

Rating: 7 ½

Leshem Shomayim

The title song is the title for a reason it probably will be the next hit featured by Shwekey.Perhaps it will take the place of Shomati and Ben Bag Bag. I think there should have been more jamming on this song, live this song can really be a show tune.

Rating: 9

Eishes Chayil

A ballad and it attempts to take a more contemporary feel with suspended chords and Broadway style chord progressions. It’s not bad.

Rating: 7

Emes

The intro is misleading with heavy guitars that lead into… klezmer?
This sounds like every other chassidic frielach…nothing new here

Rating:5

Yizkerem

Arguably the most impressive ballad on this album and very haunting arrangement.
The choir arrangement is very tasteful and shwekey goes for some higher notes.

Rating: 8 ½

Halo Yadata

A sephardic song combining some very serphardic and contemporary chord changes.
Reminds of rona sheli rona.

Rating: 7 ½

Tatte Yiddish

This is another slow ballad in Yiddish. I think Yiddish is not one of Shwekey’s strength but the song is alright but nothing earth shattering.

Rating:6 ½

Hei Nam

If your not listening too carefully it sounds like he’s singing “hey now”. This is a a rock/disco and it attempts to be catchy but it is a bit dull.

Rating: 6 ½

Ki Hashem

Another ballad nice but nothing exetremely memorable.

Rating: 7

Ma Ma Ma

This disco with the words mamama sounds a bit strange. The arrangement is not enough

to wake up the tune.

Rating: 6

Meshoich

Another ballad, nice arrangements.

Rating: 7

Koili

A frielach/disco with a lot of stops and fills it could be a backup hit perhaps.

Rating: 8

Tatte English

It’s interesting to hear a Yiddish song and then hear it in English. The English is definitely better.

Rating:8