Sweet Tears by Tevet Sela

Tevet Sela’s latest album Sweet Tears is a deeply personal and emotional album, one that aims straight for the heart. The album’s rich mosaic of songs addresses the constantly shifting balance of happiness and sadness in our lives.

As a musical melting pot, the album weaves together klezmer and middle eastern scales, rhythms, harmonies, and inflexions, mixing them with sounds from the R&B and Latin jazz traditions.

Songs like Shabbaton and Sweet Tears have lyrical, hymn-like melodies, while the bouncy Omaya is an expression of liberation, joyous and celebratory. In Naked Soul, Sela’s gorgeous tone evokes the sound of a gospel choir, while Far Yet Close conjures images of a middle-eastern desert landscape.

These meticulously written, melody-driven compositions, performed by some of the most sought-after musicians in Canada, make this album effortlessly stand out.

Sweet Tears takes the listener on an introspective journey. Its purifying effect will leave you with a long lasting, soulful mark. Let yourself be touched by it and taken by its charms.