[powerpress] A recording that incorporates an adaptation of “Dodi Li” by Mira for G and a poem by N for Erin.
Category: kaddish in two-part harmony
The Academic and the Musician. The academic immerses in Kaddish with thoughts of thinking rather than feeling—the emotions being too raw. The musician spends her time in making us feel, whether we want to or not. And making the music of kaddish. Making music kadosh. A flurry of emails ensue between the two. Their blogs lock horns, as do the writers themselves. They start a joint blog. They start a podcast.
A commitment to a year-long project has begun: a kaddish in two-part harmony.
A conversation among an anthropologist, a musician, and their audience on themes of death and dying, grief, ritual, the interplay between musician and listener.
daily kaddish: dodi li
[powerpress] A recording that layers a “Dodi Li” melody over Kogan’s “Kaddish” and then follows that with a horn-piano reading of “Dodi Li,” by Mira’s special request. She’d been frustrated looking for a recording of “Dodi Li” that was slow enough.
daily kaddish: gud shabbes
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daily kaddish: princess
[powerpress] A kaddish for my neighbor Jaryn’s cat, Princess.
daily kaddish: bruce’s dad
[powerpress] For Bruce’s dad.
daily kaddish: after meeting
[powerpress] The first recording I made (at home, alone) after meeting Mira for the first time in person.
a kaddish one daughter at a time: japan’s 8.9 on the richter scale
I’ve been picturing the devastation. I was thinking about Tunisia when Egypt happened. Thinking about Egypt and Tunisia when Yemen and Bahrain started to unravel. Thinking about Yemen and Bahrain, Egypt and Tunisia, when Libya grabbed my attention. I was still desperately seeking more news on the little country that ‘started it all.’ Tunisia holds…
daily kaddish: live with roshi
[powerpress] A recording made live at Mira’s house the day we met in person for the first time. This is a “live take” release reminiscent of the track Dylan released where the whole band fell apart laughing. Mira had some questions about the physicality of playing horn, so I suggested that she try something my…
daily kaddish: sixieme
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a kaddish for those who don’t escape
My ordeal was long ago and I’m fine. For far too many others, this story is today, this story is now, and this story is how they will die.