Yoga Shalom Shabbat Mishkan Torah Greenbelt MD
Cantor Lisa gave new insight to our synagogue's Shabbat service with Yoga Shalom. The experience connected prayer and yoga in a very meaningful and enjoyable way. I left the program with a renewed connection of mind, body, spirituality, and community.
~Darelynn Fung, Mishkan Torah Synagogue
~Darelynn Fung, Mishkan Torah Synagogue
Behold How Good Unites Community
Hey Lisa,
I taught your "Behold How Good" to the Martin
Luther King Community Choir for the MLK service we
had yesterday. They loved it!! One of the pastors from one of the local churches came up to me after the service to ask where he could get the music - he loved it that much.
It was a real kick to lead 100 voices in singing this song. Their faces, both black and white, Baptist, Unitarian, Jewish, and Catholic, were beautiful - they were so excited to sing it and did an incredible job.
Thanks again for writing such a wonderful piece!!
I taught your "Behold How Good" to the Martin
Luther King Community Choir for the MLK service we
had yesterday. They loved it!! One of the pastors from one of the local churches came up to me after the service to ask where he could get the music - he loved it that much.
It was a real kick to lead 100 voices in singing this song. Their faces, both black and white, Baptist, Unitarian, Jewish, and Catholic, were beautiful - they were so excited to sing it and did an incredible job.
Thanks again for writing such a wonderful piece!!
A great upbeat message and sound.
Reaching For Peace is very inspirational... a delight to my soul and my ears!
A great legacy.
Your songwriting is fantastic and I know your music is going to resonate with so many people in the Jewish world.
"I really enjoyed the production and instrumentation on the CD. From the first song, the CD really flowed, and was upbeat and powerful. Definitely one of the best collections I've heard in a while."
The opening "Behold How Good" is a tour de force of gospel pop, one which includes a rock-steady clapping interlude, bent bass note flourishes, a souring melody, and children singing in a round. "Ruach Elohim" ventures into Nineties Sting-esque adult rock ballad territory, while "Shelter of Your Peace" uses the various vocal parts in a call-and-answer structure to evoke congregational singing. "Spirits Rising" takes the pop holy Americana concept a step further, and borrows from Native American rhythm chants for a primordial feel that offsets the rest of the slick disc.
"Once again, one of your songs has brought me to tears. Like before, when I heard one of your songs in Sinai last January, my ipod was on shuffle. This time, I was thinking about the war, the terrible threat on all sides of this little country....all of a sudden your voice was in my ears. 'We will sing, we will sing, though darkness surrounds us.' Needless to say, it knocked me out. I wanted you to know, it's still making me cry to write about it."
