RebbeSoul

I first heard this Yemenite folk song in Jerusalem.  "Eshal Elohai" is asking Gd to free those in captivity.  Well, I don't know about you, but after sheltering at home this long, I feel like I am in captivity!  So…

I was fortunate enough to receive some excellent books of Jewish music from the late, Velvel Pasternack.  For more on this knowledgeable and influential musicologist, please see my blog from July 2019.

There were books he gave me of Sephardic…

At the Center For Spiritual Living with the great Andy Howe on piano.  From "RebbeSoul-O."  Also,  the Minister Stephen Rambo at the end.

I am quite privileged and grateful to be one of the artists featured in this excellent book by Justine St. Vincent.

Wonderful vision!  Wonderful work!  Check it out
-RebbeSoul

"Tzena Tzena" was written in 1941 by Issachar Miron and Yehiel Chagiz.  They were both in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army.  The song became a hit here (Palestine, at the time) Pete Seeger heard it and brought it…

I'm at the University of Warwick in England, getting ready for a presentation on the stories behind the RebbeSoul songs and other world music.  This is for the Limmud conference here which attracts 2500 participants from all over the world…

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For those of you celebrating it, I hope you had a beautiful and meaningful Shavuot!

 

This is what happens in Israel when Shlomit Levi hits the stage and opens her mouth.  It takes only seconds and you get the reaction…