From strength to strength…
From life-cycle events to holidays and harvests,
celebrations are integral threads in the tapestry of Jewish life.
Following the group's first CD, InSight & Visions, and its appearance
on a compilation disc, Dixie Diaspora, Mishpacha Celebrates reaches
beyond regular liturgy to explore a cross-section of special moments in the
Jewish experience. Like the braids of a challah, woven within these songs
are the strength, the love and the traditions that have kept - and continue to
keep - Judaism alive.
L’chayim!
The Songs
1.
Chazak 3:19
2.
Count Me In 3:56
3.
Erev Shel Shoshanim 3:30
4.
Dodi Li 3:38
5.
Mayim Mayim 3:38
6.
I Am All Around 3:02
7.
Babel 3:58
8.
L’chi Lach 2:53
9.
Mizmor Shir 2:35
10.
Chanukah, O Chanukah 2:20
11.
Mi Y'maleil? (Who Can Retell?) 2:39
12.
S'vivon 1:30
13.
Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages) 3:34
14.
Hanuka, Hanuka 1:47
15.
Ocho Kandelikas 1:59
16.
Eight Days A Week (a Chanukah parody) 2:24
17.
My Dreydl 2:05
18.
The Latke Song 4:06
19.
Light One Candle 2:39
The Musicians:
Bonnie
Nichols: vocals.
Gale
Touger: vocals, tambourine, handclaps.
Steve
Katz: classical guitar, 12-string guitar, Hofner bass on "Eight Days a
Week"
and "Chanukah, O Chanukah," bass drum on "Mayim."
Roger
Friedensen: acoustic guitar, handclaps.
Special
thanks to F. J. Ventre who played acoustic bass on "Hanukah, Hanukah"
and "Maoz Tzur" and to Teresa Kriegsman for a great CD title!
The Credits:
Recording
Engineer: Jerry Brown, The Rubber Room
Production
Engineer: Greg Shriver
Cover
Art & Design: Allyson Lee, Lee Design
Technical
Advisors: Rabbi Lucy Dinner, Gizella Abramson (Yiddish coach)
The rain effects in "Mayim" were
adapted from Thunderstorm, created, composed, recorded and produced by
Suzanne Doucet and Chuck Plaisance (©1997 Only New Age Music, Inc.).
The songs were recorded, mixed and mastered
between January and June 2002 at The Rubber Room in Chapel Hill, N.C. All
songs arranged and produced by Mishpacha.
© 2002 by Mishpacha, LLC. All rights reserved.
The Music
Mishpacha’s first CD, InSight
& Visions, includes many of the group’s favorite Sabbath songs. Some
selections are derived from traditional Jewish liturgy, interpreted by Mishpacha
for voice and guitar; others are fresh arrangements of contemporary compositions
by modern Jewish musicians, including Debbie Friedman, Arik Einstein, and Julie
Silver. Performed by Mishpacha,
these songs join a new path in Jewish music that lies amid folk, classical,
acoustic rock, and popular music.
The Recording
To achieve the most natural sound and
capture the effect of Mishpacha live, the CD was recorded
digitally in true stereo using only two Shure SM-91 microphones and a lot
of love and care. There was no multi-tracking, overdubs or remixing of the
performance; what you hear on this disc is what you would hear in the synagogue.
The Songs
1. Ya Ba Bim Bam 1:52 by Naftali Frankel
2. Shalom Aleichem 1:46 by Israel Goldfarb
3. Bar'chu 1:13 Composer Unknown
4. Sh'ma/Thou Shalt Love 3:49 © 1972 Deborah Lynn Friedman (ASCAP)*
5. Mi Chamocha 1:29 by Lisa Glatzer
6. K'dusha 2:31 © 1981 Bonia Shur
7. V'shamru 2:11 © 1976 Deborah Lynn Friedman (ASCAP)*
8. V'shamru 2:42 © 1988 Deborah Lynn Friedman (ASCAP)*
9. Yismechu 1:21 by Isadore Freed, Transcontinental
10. R'tzei 1:19 by A.Z. Idelsohn, Transcontinental.
11. Shalom Rav 1:56 by Ben Steinberg, Transcontinental
12. Sim Shalom 2:07 Composer unknown
13. Y'hi'yu 2:26 Composer unknown
14. Oseh Shalom 2:11 by Nurit Hirsh, ACUM
15. Ani V'atah 2:26 by Arik Einstein and Michael Gabriellov, ACUM
16. Eili, Eili 2:59 by Hannah Szenesh and David Zahavi, ACUM
17. Im Ein Ani Li 3:44 © 1981 Deborah Lynn Friedman (ASCAP)*
18. Eitz Chayim Hi 1:11 by Lawrence Avery
19. Let Us Adore 2:23 by Michael Isaacson, Transcontinental
20. Bayom Hahu 3:47 © 1978 Barry Kanarek
21. Shir Chadash 2:41 © 1993 Julie Silver, A Silver Girl Productions
22. Miriam's Song 3:03 © 1988 Deborah Lynn Friedman (ASCAP)*
23. Lo Yisa Goi 1:51 by Shalom Altman
Arrangements ©1999 by Mishpacha, LLC.
*Music by Debbie Friedman is published by Sounds Write Productions, Inc. (ASCAP). Selection 4 from SING UNTO GOD; Lyrics from Deuteronomy 6:4, 5-9. Selection 7 from ANI MA-AMIN; Lyrics from Exodus 31:16-17. Selection 8 from AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING; Lyrics from Exodus 31:16-17. Selection 17 from HEBREW AND HERITAGE; Lyrics from Pirkei Avot 1:14 and Haggadah liturgy. Selection 22 from AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING; Lyrics based on Exodus 15:20-21.
Vocals
