On Ovadya:
Original • Neo-Psychedelic • World-influenced • Powerful • Transcendent. Takes you on a Journey.
“PINK FLOYD MEETS MIDEAST”
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O•VAD•YA has been playing before extremely diverse audiences for over 15 years... From opening for Eric Burdon and the
Animals, to Piamenta (the “Israeli Jimi Hendrix”) and benefits, to clubs to live radio, from festivals to synagogues to intimate
coffeehouses. Their music has been featured on radio nationally and locally in both Chicago and Asheville (WXRT, WNUR, WBEZ,
WNUR, WLUP, WPVM and many more nationally), charting in CMJ & grabbing major (Polygram) label interest & indie label offers.
Press on O•VAD•YA includes Chicago Sun Times affiliates, Chicago Tribune, Illinois Entertainer, Yediot Ahoronot (Israel’s biggest
newspaper) and many other newspapers / periodicals. Some of the band’s (older) music is on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music,
Amazon, Pandora, Deezer and more. Studio plans for new music is in the works.
Their Asheville incarnation of the band boasts a group of sought-after local and nationally known musicians. Recently, they won in a “Most Compelling Music” category in the 2026 Fringe Fest. Ovadya has performed many diverse venues (See Dates) and on Radio (103.3 FM and 103.7 WPVM, Chicago radio), and numerous fests: AVL, WTF, Fringe, WeCan, Buskerfest, LEAF & more.