Hotel Café Residency Dates
January, 18 @ 9 p.m.
January 25 @ 9 p.m.
February 1st @ 8 p.m.
Tickets: $10
Grammy nominated Los Angeles-based, Israeli native Oren Lavie has announced a three week Los Angeles residency at The Hotel Café beginning Monday, January 18. In November 2009, Lavie earned a 2010 Grammy nomination for the song “Her Morning Elegance” alongside Depeche Mode, Coldplay and Black Eyed Peas in the category “Best Short Form Music Video.”
“I was in a guitar shop and I got a text with a note of congratulations,” Oren says of the news.
Initially the indie singer/songwriter thought it was a joke.
“But then more messages came in, and I was realizing I couldn’t play the guitar, my hands were shaking!”
The video has become an internet phenomenon with over 9 million views on Youtube and as an iTunes ‘Free Download Of the Week’, over 200,000 downloads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY
In an interesting twist, two years ago, Oren Lavie was living in Berlin when the song (“Her Morning Elegance”) was synched to a Chevy Malibu commercial that premiered during the Grammy 2008 broadcast. At the time, the album wasn’t available in the U.S. and living abroad, he was unable to even watch the ceremony. Fast forward a year later and his debut, The Opposite Side of The Sea, on his own indie A Quarter Past Wonderful is available in the U.S. with the same song nominated for an award. Maverick UK Magazine describes the debut “… A cinematic album of magical qualities and hidden meaning.”
The Grammy nomination wraps what has been a banner year for Oren: He recently won the prestigious ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award for promising lyricist 2009, past winners include John Mayer and Nicole Atkins; performed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in March; was a live guest on Jason Bentley’s debut as host of KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic”; and the song “A Dance ‘Round The Memory Tree” was featured in the Disney film “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.” T
he 52nd Annual Grammy Awards will be held January 31, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Oren Lavie performs at the Hotel Café on Mon 1/18, 1/25 & 2/1.
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Cannot WAIT to see Oren Lavie perform live! I saw him on the Jimmy Kimmel Show a few months ago - sooooo good!
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