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THE HEART’S ABODE

Eduardo Paniagua focuses on poems from the Golden Age of the Sepharad in Al-Andalus, with Sephardic melodies and contrafactum pieces from the Andalusian-Maghrebian music of the Sufi brotherhoods and from the Moroccan and Garnati nawbat.

Zimriyah

A Celebration of Jewish Music.

(This choral music article appears by permission of the World Zionist Organization. It first appeared on their website Hagshama.)

By: Ilene Bloch

Jews are a people of the Book as much as we are a people of the Note. The Musical Note, that is. We can trace the first Jewish choral work to Biblical times, where the entire nation made their choral debut in a paean to God for saving them from the hands of the pursuing Egyptians.

“My victory and song is G-d, that was my salvation.”
Ch. 15, verses 1-2, Shemot.

That can certainly help to explain the waves of passion and excitement that filled Tel Aviv’s Mann Auditorium during the Zimriya¹s, the world assembly of choirs, 50-year jubilee concert celebration that took place last month.…
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Adonai and I

David Gould has released “Adonai and I”. A dub remix of the CD is coming out in November on Tzadik Records as “Adonai in Dub”- “Adonai and I” performs “spirit-infused roots reggae interpretations of traditional hebrew prayers, psalms, and melodies.” David Gould started the band, which currently is made up of: Craig Akira Fujita- vocals, percussion (Pressure Cooker, Joint Chiefs); Lisa Beth Gould- vocals, percussion ;David “Solid” Gould- bass (formerly of John Brown’s Body); Bill Carbone- drums (Miracle Orchestra, Mang Dub); Paul Walstencroft- organ, keys (Jiggle the Handle, Knockout);John Trama- guitar (Moonboot Lover, Rockett Band); Marc Berney- trumpet (Skatalites, Klezmer Conservatory Band); Jared Simms- tenor sax, flute (Miracle Orchestra); Brian Thomas- trombone (Pocket, Nozmo King); Dave Szabita- trumpet, flugelhorn (Nozmo King); Joshua Driscoll- sound engineer, live dubbing mastery (former JBB sound engineer).…
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