For a tiny country, Israel boasts a dazzlingly varied population, and 30-year-old keyboardist/composer Idan Raichel has emerged as one of the nation’s biggest stars with an equally diverse world music sound. Drawing on Ethiopian, North African, Yemenite and Caribbean cadences, he documented his stellar band on the 2006 album The Idan Raichel Project, which was tapped by Billboard and The New York Times as one of the year’s top world music titles. A charismatic performer who has connected with sold-out audiences around the world, Raichel comes to San Francisco celebrating the release of his eagerly anticipated new album, Within My Walls.

“Balancing ancient traditions with today’s technology, The Idan Raichel Project delivers…a simmering global groove.”
—Global Rhythm