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A song for the Sabbath day.
To tell of Your love in the morning, to sing at night of Your faithfulness;
to pluck the strings, to sound the lute, to make the harp vibrate.
~ Psalm 92
Mishpacha is Roger Friedensen, Bonnie Nichols, Susan Reinhard and Steve
Katz.
JUF News (December 2003): "Get
the Ribbons, It's the Chanukah Wrap-Up!" by Paul Weider
MISHPACHA
CELEBRATES
Well, how about cantorials in the
Carolinas? Two women singing and two men playing guitar became the
musical family that is Mishpacha, after coming together to lead
services in Raleigh, NC. In between a few Israeli favorites, they
present many Chanukah traditionals in Hebrew, English, Yiddish and
Ladino, plus newer songs by Debbie Friedman, Julie Silver, and
eighteen. Especially fun is the Beatles satire… yes, the one
about "Eight Days." The tone is light and airy, and the
performances are by turns spirited and spiritual.
JUF News (August 2000): "Two Jewish CDs Debut: Good
Sounds in Small Packages," by
Paul Weider
Mishpacha's sound is lovely and meditative. Bonnie Nichols
and Gale Touger harmonize very tightly, much like the Roches or
Crosby, Stills & Nash. They are backed by the twin guitars of
Roger Friedensen, who favors Pete Townshend, and Steve Katz, who
adds a Debussy-like classical element. One listener even compared
the group's arrangements to those of a string quartet... [Continue]
The News & Observer (March 2000): "A Raleigh
Group Plays Jewish Liturgical Music With Modern Flair," by Debbie Selinski
When Mishpacha plays during services at Raleigh's
Temple Beth Or, visitors in the audience sometimes look at each
other in surprise. And then they smile, because the group's
offerings -- peppered with Eric Claptonlike guitar, Debussy-style
classical passages and Everly Brothers-type harmonies -- are not
what they expected from Jewish liturgical
music... [Continue] |
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