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Open the Gates!
Robert Cohen
Open the Gates!
Robert Cohen
A compilation CD of American-Jewish "heart music", both intimate & exuberant, that American Jews today * pray to * dance to * meditate to * seek healing to 'Open the Gates! Has opened MY gates, and given me comfort, joy, and healing' - a listener 18 tracks by 18 different artists & groups: Shlomo Carlebach * Debbie Friedman * Craig Taubman Fabrangen Fiddlers * Diaspora Yeshiva Band * Liz Swados * Kenny G "What is so refreshing about OPEN THE GATES!, apart from it's eclectic variety, is that it is traditional & at the same time modern, musically, instrumentally, & lyrically." - Theodore Bikel Jewish bluegrass & Jewish country / Jewish "world music" English & Hebrew Hasidic chants / a cappella harmony singing "Without exaggeration, I have listened to my CD for hours on end - tapping, humming, dancing, chanting, & praying. You really have opened the gates of this woman's heart - traditional words of many decades blended with different notes, instruments, & voices enhanced in a new way, a happier way to express my yearning to be closer to God." - a listener plus: "New Wings for Our Prayers" (liner notes) - reflections on Jewish soul music today "There are intensely beautiful gems in this collection of Jewish songs." - Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary)
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | January 7, 2003 |
EAN/UPC | 0634479037405 |
Label | CD Baby CDB5637421915.2 |
Genre | World / International International |
Dimensions | 124 × 142 × 10 mm · 112 g |
Track list
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- Adonai S'fatai - Craig Taubman
- S'fatai Tiftach - Hanna Tiferet Siegel
- Ilu Finu - Linda Hirschhorn
- Beyond Twelve Gates - Michael Shapiro
- Lechah Dodi - Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin
- Woman of Valor - Elizabeth Swados
- Eishet Chayil - Beat'achon
- Shalom Aleichem - S. Brazil/Regesh
- Yismechu - R. Solomon/Safam
- Eits Chayim - Tanchum Portnoy
- Mi Chamochah - Kenny G/Bruce Benson
- Yibaneh - Fabrangen Fiddlers
- Pitchu Li - Y. Rosenzweig/Diaspora Yeshiva Band
- Hallelukah - A. Weinreb ; J. Goodman/Kolos
- Hinei Keil Y'shuasi - B. Chait/Dveykus
- Birchot Havdalah - Debbie Friedman
- Ein Keilokeinu - Shlomo Carlebach
- Adon Olam - M. Rabinowitz/Shir Hadash
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