Noa!

Found this lovely singer's website & blog. Noa is a lovely Israelite singer with a delectable voice. Love her!

NOA
A SINGER/SONGWRITER OF YEMENITE/ISRAELI/AMERICAN ORIGINS.
mother of 2, musician, married to dr. asher barak
more onWWW.NOASMUSIC.COM

"Known in Israel by her given name Achinoam Nini, Noa is Israel's leading international concert and recording artist. Born in Tel- Aviv in 1969, Noa lived in NYC from age 2 until her return to Israel alone at the age of 17. Her family is originally from Yemen. After serving the mandatory two years in the Israeli Army in a military entertainment unit, Noa studied music at the Rimon School where she met her long-time partner and collaborator Gil Dor.

Noa's strongest influences come from the singer-songwriters of the 60s, like Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. These musical and lyrical sensibilities, combined with Noa's Yemenite roots and Gil Dor's strong background in Jazz, Classical and Rock, have created Noa and Gil's unique sound, manifested in hundreds of songs written and performed together. Noa plays percussion, guitar and piano. She is married to Dr. Asher Barak, they have two children, Ayehli and Enea, and live in Israel."

Truly admire her tenacious courage to sing for peace in the midst of the Arab-Isreali conflict.

Another new discovery (at least for me!), she sang the theme song ~ Beautiful That Way ~ for the italian, Roberto Benigni-produced movie, Life Is Beautiful!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAhSf4NKeLA&feature=related

Another fantastic song on peace.
It's called Shalom, Shalom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPKOwOmfbYc&feature=related