At the age of 39, coming from a background of working in the field of construction, Itay Berman did not expect that the war would be the one that would bring him back to the front of the stage. It started with “Shachak” – a voluntary project he established to renovate reservist women’s homes, where, between the stories of the pain from the home front and the shaking human encounters, the drawers were reopened and the music that was always in the background came out.
After eight singles that received a warm embrace, Berman is now releasing “Ain Ahava L’lo Ki’Aiv” – perhaps his most personal and exposed song to date.
This is a song in tribute to his mother, a woman who chose at the age of thirty to make a 180-degree U-turn in her life. She left a familiar and comfortable way of life in favor of a journey of searching for truth and meaning, a transition that involved a sense of detachment and loneliness. Itay who grew up in the seam between the worlds writes about the courage to pay the price and the love that was born out of the break.
“I realized that true love doesn’t always come easily,” says Itay. “She was attached through a struggle. This song is about my mother’s journey, but it’s about anyone who has ever chosen to follow their truth, even when it hurts.”
In a classic rock style and musical production by Avshalom Dricks, Berman continues to mark his unique line: music for people who are on a journey – between searching and getting closer, and between pain and great hope.