Ehud Banai

Ehud Banai (; born March 31, 1953) is an Israeli musician, songwriter, author, and a member of the prominent Banai family in Israel.

Early life Ehud Banai was born in Jerusalem to the Iranian Jewish Banai family. His father was the actor Yaakov Banai. The family moved to Givatayim when Banai was four. At the age of ten, he learned to play the cello. with original mix of new wave guitar rock with some oriental rhythms and sounds. Most of the album consisted of protest songs. The songs also included many Biblical subjects and allusions, such as the golden calf and cities of refuge.

Their follow-up, Karov ("Near"), released in 1989, had influences ranging from Banai's early childhood in Jerusalem, traveling in Europe, Bob Dylan, the Banai family's Afghan/Persian-Jewish background, to Jewish prayer and piyutim, among others. He also released "Under the Jasmine Tree", an album of Persian folk tales as told by his father.

During the 1990s, Banai released three albums (The Third was released in 1992, In a Little While in 1996, and Tip Tipa in 1998). Ane' Li was released in 2004. The song "Blues Kna'ani" (Canaanite Blues) was written in memory of Meir Ariel, and "Hayom" (Today) was written for Banai's wife.

Banai sang a duet with David D'Or on D'Or's album Kmo HaRuach ("Like the Wind"), which was released on March 27, 2006.

A triple live album, Mamshich Linso'a ("Keeps On Moving"), was released in October 2006.

Partial discography

Ehud Banai and the Refugees (1987) Mitachat Siach HaYasmin (Under the Jasmine Tree), with Yaakov Banai (1989) Karov ("Close") (1989) Hashlishi ("The Third) (1992) Od Me'at ("Soon") (1996) Tip Tipa (1998) Ane Li ("Answer Me") (2004) Mamshich Linsoa (Keeps on Driving) (2006) Shir Chadash (New Song) (2008) Resisei Laila (Shards of Night) (2011) Beofek Acher (2012) EB=MC2 (2017), with Michael Chapman

Published works Remembering Almost Everything (Keter 2001) Ze HaMakom