Seth Tabatznik’s Offers a Meditation on Gratitude and Grace in “Choose To Be Alive”

There’s a quiet courage in Seth Tabatznik’s music, a willingness to sit with life’s fragility and still find light in the cracks. On his latest single, “Choose To Be Alive,” the London-born, South Africa-based folk artist continues to shape a sound that feels both timeless and deeply human. Released via his imprint Moth Music (Mother Of The Heart), the track is less an act of performance and more a moment of presence, a song that unfolds like a conversation with the soul.

Built around the warmth of fingerpicked guitar and the steady whisper of shakers, “Choose To Be Alive” moves with meditative grace. Tabatznik’s voice, gentle but unwavering, carries the weight of lived experience, each lyric steeped in gratitude and quiet revelation. There’s no excess here; every note feels intentional, a reflection of the spiritual discipline that underpins his work. A fluttering flute solo drifts through the arrangement like wind over still water, elevating the song from introspection to invocation.

It’s a fitting evolution for an artist whose journey has always blurred the boundaries between music, mindfulness, and movement. Guided by Nick Mulvey, whose influence can be felt in the song’s organic pulse and philosophical leanings, Tabatznik channels his mentors and surroundings into something uniquely his own. The mountains of South Africa’s Western Cape echo subtly through the track, vast, grounding, and quietly transformative.

Since debuting in 2024, Tabatznik has already gathered over 100,000 streams and sold out intimate shows from Cape Town’s Boschendal Estate to London’s Green Note. Yet it’s in “Choose To Be Alive” that his vision feels most distilled, an invitation to slow down, to breathe, and to remember that choosing life, in all its uncertainty, is a radical act of hope.

For listeners drawn to the earthy sincerity of Nick Mulvey, the introspection of Vance Joy, and the luminous storytelling of Paul Simon, Seth Tabatznik’s music offers something rare: a return to stillness, and the reminder that aliveness is, in itself, enough.

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