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My favorite Jewish band is a folksy Israeli group called Alma. They’re frum but have more of an earthsy hilltop vibe. They only have two albums that I know of, “M’al Sh’Ma Anachnu” and their 2nd one “Sha’ar”
The lead singer’s voice is hauntingly beautiful.
As a side note, I often struggle with sticking to strictly Jewish music as I grew up non-religious during the golden age of “grunge” Most frum music I’ve heard seems to be very upbeat and happy which is great and definetly the ikar, but sometimes when suffering from feelings of lonliness, struggle, not fitting in, not measuring up, it’s too hard to just try and cheer it away. Sometimes when you feel like the furthest thing from a ben melech, it doesn’t help to just listen to lyrics about how being a ben melech is the happiest thing in the world. Sometimes when going through those feelings you just want to hear from somebody who has the same feelings and take solace in knowing you’re not the only one.
I’m by no way endorsing listening to goyishe music as I know the sefarim hakedoshim bring down how it can be metameh a neshama, but l’maise the type of music I’m talking about doesn’t seem to have any alternative in the frum world which is something I personally struggle with and I don’t know the answer to.