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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: all “that thing” all the time
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daily kaddish: mea culpa
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daily kaddish: just play it!
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daily kaddish: a new tune for the prayer
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the paintbrush
“What you really want is closure,” he said. I had called him knowing I was in peril. I asked him what he thought I should feel. He’s pretty good at feeling stuff. But I’m not so sure he’s right. I’m not sure closure is attainable in cases like this. Just as I’m not sure there could…
daily kaddish: debbie friedman
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daily kaddish: patsy bolt
[powerpress] A kaddish for Patsy Bolt, my colleague from the Bufflehead band, incorporating “Brighton Camp,” one of the tunes we used to play together.
daily kaddish: nanc
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daily kaddish: super-fast lullaby
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