23.10.2012                      07.Cheschwan. 5773

Musikszene:

Yasmin Levy: Life, Ladino and liberty

After years of international success, the Israeli singer feels her latest album has led her on the road back home.

In recent years Ladino culture has had no greater exponent than an Israeli singer by the name of Yasmin Levy.
The acclaim has been high, the awards many and the nominations even more numerous. Yet this success has been predominantly outside of Israel, that is, until recently. Now Levy is enjoying the kind of prime time playlisting on Israeli national radio that heralds the return home of this much cherished daughter. The Jerusalem Post spoke to Levy on the eve of the release of her fifth album, Libertad, to discover how this road less travelled had now led her back home….