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Nigunim, Vol. II: Transformation of a Nigun

by Joey Weisenberg

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מִן הַמֵצָר קָרָאתִי יָהּ עֲנַנִי בַמֶרְחָב יָהּ Min hameitzar karati Yah Anani vamerchav Yah La la... La la ... “From the place of constriction I called out... I was answered with expansive [freedom]...”
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הַיָּם רָאָה וַיָּנֹס הַיַּרְדֵּן יִסֹּב לְאָחוֹר הֶהָרִים רָקְדוּ כְאֵילִים גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי-צֹאן מַה-לְּךָ הַיָּם כִּי תָנוּס הַיַּרְדֵּן תִסֹּב לְאָחוֹר הֶהָרִים תִרְקְדוּ כְאֵילִים גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי-צֹאן 𝐻𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑚 𝑟𝑎'𝑎ℎ 𝑣𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑠 𝐻𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑣 𝑙'𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑚 𝑟𝑎𝑘'𝑑𝑢 𝑘ℎ𝑒'𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝐺'𝑣𝑎𝑜𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑣'𝑛𝑒𝑖 𝑡𝑧𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎 𝑙'𝑘ℎ𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑚 𝑘𝑖 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑠 𝐻𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑣 𝑙'𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑘'𝑑𝑢 𝑘ℎ𝑒'𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝐺'𝑣𝑎𝑜𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑣𝑛𝑒𝑖 𝑡𝑧𝑜𝑛 “The Sea looked up and fled... The Mountains danced like rams...”
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יוֹנָתִי יוֹנָתִי בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע יוֹנָתִי יוֹנָתִי יוֹנָתִי בְּסֵתֶר הַמַּדְרֵגָה יוֹנָתִי הַרְאִינִי אֶת־מַרְאַיִךְ הַשְׁמִיעִינִי אֶת־קוֹלֵךְ כִּי־קוֹלֵךְ עָרֵב וּמַרְאֵיךְ נָאוֶה 𝑌𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖, 𝑌𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖 𝐵'𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑔𝑣𝑒𝑖 ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑎 𝑌𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖 𝑌𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖, 𝑌𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖 𝐵'𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎, 𝑌𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑖 𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐻𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑚𝑖𝑖𝑛𝑖 𝑒𝑡 𝑘𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝐾𝑖 𝑘𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑣 𝑈𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑒ℎ
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about

For this second volume of nigunim, we once again wanted to capture the feeling of friends singing together, but this time we brought our instruments along for the ride, too! These melodies incorporate the spirit and style of traditional Jewish singing—a reflection of our immersions in rich traditions of nigunim (wordless melodies), nusach ha-t’filah (prayer chants and improvisations), and klezmer music (instrumental music)—while also leaving room for the other music that pulsates throughout our local Brooklyn musical landscape, including Balkan music, blues, bluegrass, classical, flamenco, and soul music.

Performed with an improvisational flair and a meditative approach, this music includes a few dveykus nigunim (melodies that elicit a desire for connection with our mystical Source), a few funky foot-tappers, a few pieces in which the electric guitar replaces the lead singer, and a few songs that might have belonged on 1970s Israeli Pop Radio, if only they hadn’t been sung with a Milwaukee accent. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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released May 17, 2012

Recorded February 13-15, 2012 at the Can Factory in Brooklyn, New York.

Singers and Musicians:

Joey Weisenberg: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Telecaster
Mattisyahu Brown: Harmony Vocals, Lead Vocals on “Yearning Nign”
Myk Freedman: Lap Steel Guitar
Yoshie Fruchter: Harmony Vocals, Mandolin (on tracks 3,7), Acoustic Guitar (on tracks 8,9)
Benjy Fox-Rosen: Bass, Harmony Vocals (Track 9)
Sam Weisenberg: Drum Set, Harmony Vocals (track 9)

Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Don Godwin
Design and Illustrations: David Meslin

All words are traditional. All music composed and directed by Joey Weisenberg.

Thank you to the singers and musicians who invested themselves into the music and made this recording special. Huge thanks to the Don Godwin for his hard work and careful attention to detail, and to the Can Factory for the great recording space, and to David Meslin for his thoughtful and skilled artwork. Thank you to Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, Mindy Schactman and the students and teachers at the Hadar Institute who have made this project possible in so many ways. Thank you to the many musicians who have inspired us along the way and to the generous teachers who have given us the tools to create this music. Thank you to our families and partners who continuously encourage and support these endeavors.

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Joey Weisenberg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Virtuosic multi-instrumental musician, composer and teacher Joey Weisenberg is the founder and director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, cultivating grassroots musical-spiritual creativity in Jewish community. He has released seven albums with the Hadar Ensemble and is author of The Torah of Music (2017 winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and Building Singing Communities. ... more

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