| Chernick, Aviva / La Sirena |
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| Album: | La Sirena | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Chernick, Aviva | Added: | Oct 2019 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-10-07 | Pull Date: | 2019-12-09 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Nov 24 | Nov 17 | Nov 3 | Oct 27 | Oct 20 | Oct 13 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 20, 2022: | Music Casserole Adon Olam | 4. | Dec 17, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics La Sirena, Min Hameitzar | |
| 2. | Jun 24, 2021: | Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Oct 19, 2019) Arvoles Yoran | 5. | Dec 14, 2019: | Music Casserole Adon Olam | |
| 3. | Jan 23, 2020: | Melange Arvoles Yoran, Laz Tiyas | 6. | Nov 23, 2019: | the Acupuncture Hour Adon Olam |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2019-10-01 | ||
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Aviva Chernick was the lead vocalist for the Toronto-based world music band, Jaffa Road, when she discovered the treasure of Ladino music through a mentor, Flory Jagoda. Her renditions of these songs of loss and longing that came out of a very harsh refugee experience incorporate modern jazz and other contemporary musical tropes. Beautifully evocative of other times and places. NO FCC's; Favorite tracks: 5, 6, 9, 1- A Ti, Espanya – 4:18-- by Aviva's teacher, Flory Jagoda, an original song in Ladino of the Jews' longing for Spain after they were expelled; sweet and simple 2-- Min Hameitzar-4:52 –lyrics from Psalm118:5 – in English and Hebrew; mysterious 3 –Kol Dodi –4:10 – lyrics from Song of Songs 5:2 set to a modern-sounding minor key melody; has spoken words two thirds of the way through 4—Buena Semana –4:32 – song composed by Jagoda in Ladino, the language of the Jews of medieval Spain and the Sephardic Jews in the diaspora, “A Good Week for All” *5 –La Sirena- 3:45-- traditional Ladino song of a girl in a tower who calls to passing sailors; lyrics in English as well *6—Arvoles Yoran –4:55 – “Trees Cry for Rain,” the dryness of the trees as a metaphor for the refugee in a strange land crying for her beloved 7—Esta Montanya de Enfrente –4:56- traditional Ladino “The Mountain Ahead” – lovely mandolin accenting the recuerdos of the song 8—Laz Tiyas—2:43 – rhythmic with pretty harmony and little yells *9—Adon Olam –4:14 –liturgical poem in Hebrew set to traditional Yemenite melody; mysterious and beautiful 10—Rikordus di mi Nona -1:42-- written by Flory Jagoda, remembering the grandmas; a capella; heartfelt | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | A Ti, Espanya | 6. | Arvoles Yoran | |||
| 2. | Min Hameitzar | 7. | Esta Montanya De Enfrente | |||
| 3. | Kol Dodi | 8. | Laz Tiyas | |||
| 4. | Buena Semana | 9. | Adon Olam | |||
| 5. | La Sirena | 10. | Rikordus Di Mi Nona |