Marina Maximilian Blumin, better known by her stage name Marina Maximilian, is a performer from Israel who specialises in singing, songwriting and acting. She competed in the fifth season of the reality music competition programme Kokhav Nolad and finished in second place overall. https://soundcloud.com/marinamaximilian/lord-save-me-acoustic At the age of fifteen, Blumin performed in Hanoch Levin's play Requiem at the Cameri Theater. Two years later, at the age of...

Okay, let's pretend the universe coughed up "All the Christmas Lights." Not literally, of course, though I did find a sparkly rock in my pocket this morning – probably unrelated. This single by Eric Harmsen, straight outta Alpine, manages to feel both like a familiar, cozy sweater and a strangely uncharted territory. https://open.spotify.com/album/422cieMEcXDGkGRXvKa058 The music… it’s less jingle bell rock and more like a snow globe...