RevelDay Concert

RevelDay's Yahel Doron and Guy Mentesh

The Embassy of Israel never fails to bring music acts here in the Philippines whenever the annual Philippine International Jazz Festival occurs. For this year’s edition, the Embassy flew in RevelDay, a music duo composed of Guy Mentesh and Yahel Doron who became known through their cover of Kings of Leon’s Sex on Fire and also by taking part in the Israeli edition of The Voice.

RevelDay, got very busy during their visit here in the Philippines, performing at the Greenbelt 3, dropping by at the music channel MYX and at ASAP Chill-Out, and still managing to see the sights over at Boracay. The duo ended their visit to the country by performing at a very well attended concert held at the Ayala Museum. This event was the Embassy of Israel led by Ambassador Menashe Bar-On and his wife Madame Eti and was part of the 2013 Philippine International Jazz Festival.

RevelDay

It was a full house at the Ayala Museum that night and all were very eager to see the performance of RevelDay. I was very surprised to bump into Fides Cuyugan-Asensio before the concert started since I didn’t realize that she would be into this genre of music. But she was very excited and really looked forward to the concert happening. She and the rest of the audience were treated to a unique mix of songs in English and in Hebrew that were performed by the duo including their cover of Sex on Fire and also their original song I Dunno What to Say.

Sitti

The concert also featured bossa nova artist, Sitti. Accompanied by jazz pianist Henry Katindig, she sang two songs including her signature song Para Sa Akin. Right after that, she joined Guy and Yahel in singing two Filipino songs: Eraserhead’s With a Smile and Rivermaya’s Himala. This special collaboration featured three part harmonies from the trio and the Israelis singing Himala in Filipino proved to be a huge hit among the audience. Sitti clearly enjoyed every minute of her collaboration with RevelDay.

RevelDay and Sitti

I also enjoyed watching this concert since it gave me an idea of Israeli music which is never heard here in the Philippines. And I also appreciate the effort of Guy and Yahel in learning the two local songs that they performed. Thanks once again to the Embassy of Israel, especially to Yaniv Revach, the Deputy Chief of Mission, for bringing RevelDay here. I am now looking forward to more music and artists from Israel coming here to the country in the near future.