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Tamara Dadasheva (Cyrillic: Тамара Дадашева) is a Chechen folk singer. .
Vocalist Bas Sheva (1925 - 1960) was born Beatrice Kurzman to a wealthy and prominent Jewish family in Philadelphia. When Kurzman decided to go into show business she adopted the name "Bas Sheva" (i.e., the Biblical "Bathsheba") in order not to embarrass her family. She formally studied the voice and developed an extremely powerful instrument with extraordinary dexterity, and probably got her start singing in the so-called "Borscht Belt" of Catskill Mountains resorts. Her recording career began around 1950 with a small number of obscure singles of standards, none of which sparked much interest.
In 1953 Bas Sheva was engaged...
Elisheva Shomron, née Nancy Thomson Sebastian, is the composer of over 200 Messianic Jewish worship songs. As a singer/songwriter, her music constitutes a large portion of the Messianic music repertoire of many congregations. Her most popular song is Kadosh (1987).
Shomron's family makes their home in Moshav Kesalon near Jerusalem, Israel. Her husband Yuval is a music instructor and producer. They have three children: Avigail (born in 1988), Yoseph Ephraim (born in 1991), and Yoel; and a foster-son Israel.
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A world music ensemble of original music, established in 1996 in a unique community situated in the Galilee Mountains, northern Israel.
SHEVA band members are coming from Muslim and Jewish backgrounds and the main theme in their songs is the call for peace in the Middle East and around the world.
SHEVA incorporates instruments from around the world and motives from the roots of Hebrew and Arabic cultures as well as tribal cultures, combining Biblical texts, Sufi prayers and eclectic inspiration from all traditions as well as contemporary music.
Shortly after their inception, SHEVA became a phenomenon in the...