Her
father, David Deckelbaum, a dentist and a banjo
player, is a founding member of a folky, country, Celtic,
good-time band, "The Jerusalem Taverners". He
quickly
recognized his daughter's musical talent, and Yael has
performed with her father's band as a guest singer and
musician throughout her entire childhood.
At
the age of 16, Yael won first prize in a national contest
for the best young singer-songwriter in Israel. She was
accompanied on stage by Jonathan Levy and Shaul Eshet.
This
is where the foundations for the future musical partnership
were laid.
Yeal
performed in many nightclubs, festivals [such as
Jacob's Ladder,Shantipi World Festival, Gezer Festival],
singing folk songs and playing covers for Janis Joplin,
Joannie Mitchell and many others. In 1999, Yael performed
as
a vocal soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
at a
tribute concert to the Beatles. This was part of a world
tour produced, directed, and conducted by Sir George Martin
[arranger and producer of every song recorded by the
Beatles]. There she met Shlomo Artzi – long considered
Israel's leading singer-songwriter – and toured
with him for
more than a year, joining him on a hit duet of his famous
album, Ahavtihem.
Yael is also a third of "Habanot Nehama", a
superb trio that
includes MC Karolina, leader of the band Funset, and Dana
Adani, one of Israel's newest and best singing stars.
The
group performed together at the Geneva Convention with
the
band Shotey Hanevua [Fools of Prophecy], plus venues in
Prague, and all over Israel. The girls album is dew to
come
out very soon…
These
days Yael is also at the final stages of finishing her
first solo album,Together with Jonathan Levi [producer&bass
player]. Over the last five years Yael has been performing
her own songs alone and with her band all over Jerusalem
and
Tel Aviv while working on the album.
Already
you will be able to hear two of her songs on the
Fourth season of "The L Word" [chapters 3 &
9]& buy these
songs on the internet until the album comes out.
http://www.myspace.com/deckelbaum
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