I’m not a great singer. I wish I was. However, there’s a tremendous blessing for me as a musician and songwriter in the fact that I’m not a great singer. The blessing is, at least, twofold. The first blessing of not being a great singer is that I need/get to share my music with people […]
Live Music
Singing With Peter Yarrow
Earlier this week I got to sing with Peter Yarrow. Context: members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church and Temple Choirs were invited to sing with Peter at the opening night of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. The song– Blowing in the Wind. We arrived early to meet with Peter for rehearsal. He greeted us, as […]
Reflections on Jewish Music and the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival
Later this spring I will be a part of the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival’s spring showcase. Specifically, The Well, a musical Shabbat for which I am the primary composer and band leader, will be leading a Shabbat service/ concert at a local “cidery.” Having never been to a cidery or had the honor of being […]
Spiritual Reflections on Billy Strings @ Terminal West, ATL 9/6/19
A longtime and beloved friend and I went to the opening night of Billy Strings’ two night run at Terminal West in Atlanta. A quartet of super bluegrass and acoustic musicians, Billy Strings is on the rise and developing a loyal following. And for good reason. As a rabbi (and human being) I tend to […]
Gratitude for the Tapers
I listen to a lot of Grateful Dead. Every once in a while, I pause to think about the fact that I can, with a few clicks on my phone, start streaming one of a thousand live performances from the Dead’s archives. This morning I was listening to Dick’s Picks Volume 16. It’s a show […]
ACC-GTM
I am so honored and excited to be performing a few of my songs with choir members from The Temple, Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Congregation Bet Haverim, at the opening concert of the ACC-GTM Convention later this month. Here’s a short article by Cantor Deborah Hartman explaining the context.