Ari Ben Yam

I was watching youtube videos recently, when found a video of this guy singing in Hebrew, but in the style of early Bob Dylan. It turns out that this guy is a guy named Ari Ben Yam and he sings Zionistic folk music with most song lyrics in Hebrew, but a few in English. Apparently the guy is origionally from the former Soviet Union, and moved to Israel later on in life. I find it interesting that both Jewish and Israeli musicians play mainstream styles of music. I found it intersting because oin this new age of communication, youtube and facebook and stuff, music and culture would get more diverse, not more alike. It seems that the more we communicate as a society, the more similiar our music becomes. I dont neccesarrily mean that in a negtaive way, becuase Ari Ben Yam's music is very good, but when it comes to more well known music, to me, it is just kind of rediculous. When I listen to the radio, it sounds to me like every male voice sounds like John Mayer, and every band sounds like some form of Radiohead or something (especially the Towson university radio station, which is actually the only one I can tolerate). Its those situations where I disapprove of all modern music sounding the same.
- Jake