base he's developing here,
which has been bolstered by
the new acoustic-oriented AAA
radio format and by a well-re-
ceived opening last year for for-
mer Journey singer Steve
Peny.
"What excites me is the fact
that I can open and headline a
show in any venue in the Unit-
ed States for an audience with
no ethnic links. In the past I
had a hard time sitting in a
club in Columbus, Ohio, or
Cincinnati or Gainesville —
any city, really — and running
a set with Hebrew in it.
But in the last year ... the
general audience has been
turned on to some of the He-
brew stuff. They really do re-
act positively. That's freed me;
now, over here, I'm separated
less from the artist I am out-
side the American market." ❑

2 David Broza performs
Friday, Feb. 23, at 7th
House, 7 N. Saginaw St., in
the Pontiac Arts Building,
Pontiac. Doors open at 9
p.m. Tickets are $10 and
$13 the day of the show. Call
(810) 335-8100 or Ticket-
master at (810) 645-6666.

Chava Alberstein
Performs Here March 28

srael's first lady of song,
Chava Alberstein, will per-
form her melodies of pas-
sion, poetry and hope at a
community-wide concert in
commemoration of the 3,000th
anniversary of the founding of
Jerusalem as the city of King
David.
Alberstein is known inter-
nationally for her unique voice,
passionate style and dramatic
presentation, which many crit-
ics have said, "captures the Is-
raeli spirit."
Alberstein has been per-
forming her Yiddish, Hebrew
and English songs all over the
world for 30 years and has
recorded nearly 50 albums.
She has entertained former
Presidents Jimmy Carter and
Ronald Reagan and Israeli
Prime Ministers Golda Meir
and Yitzhak Rabin.
Born in Poland, Alberstein

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immigrated to Israel in the
1950s. By the age of 17, she
had recorded her first album
of Yiddish songs as folk music.
Her most recent hit, "Had
Gadya," is an anthem for the
peace process between Israel
and its Arab neighbors. The
song was the late Yitzhak Ra-
bin's favorite, and he often
asked her to sing it.
Sponsored by the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan De-
troit, the Chava Alberstein
concert will be held at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, March 28, at
the Royal Oak Music Theatre.
Tickets are $15 in advance or
$18 at the door. Valet parking
will be available. For informa-
tion, call the Royal Oak Music
Theatre at (810) 546-9878 or
the Jewish Federation's Michi-
gan/Israel Connection at (810)
642-4260, Ext. 130. ❑

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who lost his life in a similar
struggle. Its inclusion is "coin-
cidental," according to Broza
— the album was finished be-
fore the assassination — but
the events give the selection
greater poignancy.
Broza says he's thinking
about moving back to Israel in
the near future, but he has no
date in mind. He still writes
Hebrew albums concurrently
with his English releases in or-
der to maintain his popularity
at home.
But his work in the United
States isn't done. Broza enjoys
holding university seminars
with poets and songwriters,
talking about how to effective-
ly combine the two disciplines;
one of his academic allies is
Wyn Cooper, whose poem
"Opal, Wyoming" inspired
Stonedoors' opening song, "A
Night in Wyoming."
A couple of years ago, Coop-
er sought Broza's advice when
another songwriter wanted to
adapt one of Cooper's poem's
— that was Sheryl Crow, who
turned "Fun" into her massive
hit "All I Wanna Do."
Broza is also enjoying the
growing word-of-mouth fan

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