Stolen Moments - Available Now!

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The Story Behind "Stolen Moments"

Creating this album was a journey back to my musical roots. It started with a simple moment at my child's violin lesson, where I rediscovered the power of music to express what words alone cannot capture.

Stolen Moments, my debut album, is an album of love songs. Every love is special and magical and unique in its own way. We open ourselves up and become vulnerable. Do we regret that vulnerability or does it become part of who we are? Knowing how things turned out, should we have stolen those moments, or borrowed them instead? What would we tell our younger selves if we could?

Many of the songs on this album explore this realm of possibilities, of paths not taken in love and loss. A few key songs go beyond romantic love and explore a greater love of humanity; one that questions how we relate to each other in this age of online relationships, and how our individual decisions influence the frameworks of our lives. How can we treat each other with fairness, equality, and sanity? Government shutdowns, deportation and the splitting of families, or even the ever-increasing death count in school shootings are all stolen moments as well. I wrote these songs as an outlet for deeper cultural inquiry, in the hope that we can work together to come up with sensible answers and bring about positive change. I look forward to sharing the entire album with you.

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Why make music? I mean what's the point?

To give a voice and a tangible manifestation to a certain feeling, a memory, a path not taken; to catalyze change and build community. Is there a point to it? Is there a point to anything? If a song inspires someone to do something or to feel better and move on, then it has fulfilled its purpose.

Y. Dan Rubinstein

Singer-Songwriter

Meaningful Lyrics. Memorable Melodies. Inspiring Connection And Change.

SF Bay Area singer-songwriter Y. Dan Rubinstein gives voice to the complexities of love and romance in the modern age and socially important issues.

Poetic, descriptive, and inspired by the meaningful lyrics of artists such as Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan, Rubinstein's music fuses folk, jazz and rock. He has performed on televised competitions at West Coast Songwriters, and at Song School's opening night at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival.

Praise & Reviews

Samantha Simmonds-Ronceros

NoHo Arts

"…beautifully played guitar, gorgeously produced with warmth and honesty… inspired. Clever lyrics and thoughtful themes… Poetic, focused and moving."

Joshua Macala

Raised by Cassettes

"Musically, I am just such a huge fan of this song […] insightful in the lyrics as it is unique in its sound."

Sherryl Craig

Nashville Music Guide

"a cool mix of intricate and spicy jazz with a splash of Latin rhythm progressions and some nice arrangements of traditional folk rock. The mood is charged with connotations of political thoughts and concerns about what our future world will face as well as thoughts of dysfunctional relationships and how they affect us."

Jonathan Frahm

For Folk's Sake

"…a mighty, encompassing tune; an important inclusion to the 2019 folk music library."

Jazz..u

"… traditional folk rock with a mix of complex jazz leads and Latin rhythm, perfect for the lyrics with a political overtone"

Michael Stover

Music Existence

"'Farewell, Farewell Adieu' is a bold amalgamation of genres and expressive textures"

Mindy MacCall

IndiePulse Music

"… unfiltered vulnerability, there isn't even a hint of hesitation in his execution. Rubinstein is connecting with his medium in this single, capturing the very essence of love without having to rely on mundane metaphors and pop platitudes"

Johnny Taylor Jr.

Now Hear This

"Rubinstein has a lovely voice and musically this is just fine. Lyrically is where he does the most work though… melodic and likable, what's underneath the surface … will stay with you… Strong cafe rock … in the vein of a modern-day Woody Guthrie."

Anne Holister

Indie Source

"… blunt poeticism that exchanges enigmatic verses for relatable, homespun lyrics that appeal to the hopeless romantic in all of us…Haunting, bittersweet and deeply moving… charming and utterly heartfelt"

INTERVIEW | TALKING WITH FOLK-ROCK ARTIST Y. DAN RUBINSTEIN

San Francisco singer-songwriter Y. Dan Rubinstein will release his latest single, "Stolen Moments," on August 30. "Stolen Moments," a song about first loves, is the title track to Rubinstein's forthcoming album, slated for release in 2020.

In his other life, Y. Dan Rubinstein is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, who rediscovered his love for music almost by accident, while attending his child's violin lesson. His venture into songwriting began with an email, which morphed into a song. Since then, he hasn't looked back, releasing a series of infectious folk-rock songs flavored with tints of jazz.

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