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Avi Vinocur

I fell in love with you, Hardened Soul...

About Me

My music video! Directed by Dana Kopenhefer and crew. April 1, 2007.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/3/2004
Band Website: avivinocur.com
Band Members: Avi Live in Seattle: Outside!
I did a tour up in the Pacific Northwest. I got kicked out of Canada and couldn't play my show in Vancouver. I played this instead.

From Beer Aficionado's Beer Blog: Affligem Dubbel.

Avi Vinocur's "New York" EP (2006):


Avi Vinocur's "Forty Years Too Late" (2004):


The iTunes Music Store has "New York"!
Pick it up for cheap!
6 bucks!

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Hear more of Avi's Music here: www.avivinocur.com

And Here: www.cdbaby.com/vinocur
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A Bio for Avi...

Avi's folk music draws comparisons to a young Bob Dylan or Paul Simon: maintaining elegant melodies and poetic lyrics with messages ranging from love to politics. His live performances have earned him regular positions in coffeehouses in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, South of Market and Mission districts and a strong following of young and old. His poetry has been published and received acclaim and approval from poets, authors and survivors of Hurricane Katrina at benefit poetry reading in New Orleans. He began as a session blues electric guitarist in the Los Angeles area until he fell in love with folk music in 2004.

Avi has toured the United States five times with Sebastian Clark (LA), and Jason Reischel (NY) and has performed in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Canada and South Korea. Doing so has earned a mailing list of 500+ devout fans.

His debut record "Forty Years Too Late" was released on February 9th, 2004 and his sophomore EP "New York" was released on May 30th, 2006. His third release is in the works and will be released when gas prices go down.

“We stare at the ending before it's begun
and it only makes the middle lose all its fun
because we both did the race
and though neither of us won
we ran."
-Avi Vinocur
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"The No.1 album of 2004 that you most likely didn't hear" - Rave! Magazine (On 'Forty Years Too Late')

"A promising artist to look out for" - Music Connection Magazine

"Vinocur's gentile rhythms are hard to forget...sweet, cherubic tunes like Van Gogh painted starry nights." - Band in a Box

"It's hard to pick the appropriate reaction - delight, disappointment or dismay - when a better album is recorded by a 19-year-old in his Manhattan Beach apartment than by all the artists on Atlantic Records in an entire year." - The Daily Breeze - Los Angeles 4-9-04

"I like the energy of the tunes... somehow both pro sounding and totally casual at the same time... not easy to do... "
-Cary Brothers, singer/songwriter/cool dude - The Garden State Soundtrack

"Awesome Pin, Buddy." -Stephen Stills on Avi's 'Kerry/Edwards'04' Pin
Influences: The Beatles, Dylan, Ryan Adams, Devendra Banhart, Jeff the Tweedster, Beck, Kirk "Eli" Fletcher, Tom Waits, Jack White, Simon Garfunkel.
Sounds Like: Saffron pinched Alaskan Red Snapper in a Spanish red wine sauce.
Record Label: Freetime Los Angeles: www.freetimelosangeles.com
Type of Label: None

My Blog

I wrote this song "Screenplay" in New York last summer.

This was recorded for a radio performance in San Francisco.I'm writing a screenplay about usWith heavy emphasis on character developmentNeedless to say it's a tale of fictionCause you don't fall for m...
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:27:00 PST

Teitur is everything I aspire to be.

He's an interesting singer from the Faroe Islands off the coast of Norway, to say the least. He's actually an artistic genius who can write a wistful, likeable folk melody as easily as he can write a ...
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Thu, 29 May 2008 08:57:00 PST

New Song about Manhattan Beach, CA - "Your Surfers Are Gone"

Your Surfers Are Gone" is about what I don't like about Manhattan Beach. Maybe you'll agree if you've lived there.What happened to the days of van-living surfaholics eating Beach Hut and not working? ...
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:35:00 PST

SiCKO: New Michael Moore film, SEE IT.

Things just aren't right with Health Care in this country. See Michael Moore's new movie to learn more and be inspired. I thought it was wonderful . It really opened my eyes.
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:06:00 PST

I want to have a glass of wine at noon.

I want to have a glass of wine at noon.It tastes no different underneath the moon.Most ask for a Sprite, and wait until the night,But me I want a glass of wine at noon.I want to have a glass ...
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Wed, 09 May 2007 01:55:00 PST

A New Song: "I Miss San Francisco, but I Miss You More"

 Here's the words - listen to it on my page! I Miss SF over here in Spain... I miss the windows of San Francisco,and the way the summer never really comes.I miss the bayside; it leaves me tongue-...
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:40:00 PST

I'm living in Madrid, Spain for the Spring!

It has always been my dream to live in Europe and now I'm doing it, and brushing up on my Spanish simultaneously! Di me un mesage si crees que tu estabas viajando a Espana!
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:24:00 PST

A Love Song: "Kelly, Come Back To California"

I wrote a love poem and put this reprise in: I hope you like it! It's on my profile so you can play it.Oh, also: "And So It Goes..." will be back someday, do not fret :) I am going to release all of t...
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:05:00 PST

New Song: "And So It Goes..."

It's really just a collection of "what if?" thoughts. How would my life be different if...?It evolves to a love song, pondering if a certain love may still be alive if things had gone differently. I h...
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:28:00 PST

Avi on: Getting kicked out of Canada.

I tried to go to Canada to play a show but got sent back to the USA. I've been kicked out of Canada... have you?
Posted by Avi Vinocur on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:39:00 PST