A Little Emily Dickinson Music

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Levi Asher • November 11th, 2012

Audio Literature Classics Music Poetry

Efrat Ben Zur, a talented young Israeli singer with a forceful style that reminds me of a lot of Natalie Merchant and just a little bit of Sinead O'Connor, has released an entire album of songs based on Emily Dickinson poems. Here's her spin on "I'm Nobody", a short, fascinating enigma from Dickinson's found works, rendered here into powerful rhythm and melody:

The album can be downloaded here.

1 Response to "A Little Emily Dickinson Music"

wow...she's got a great voice..and i'm loving the production on this album!! this would be nice to have on vinyl.

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