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)

Tracklist:

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

UPC: 634479037405
Label: Cd Baby
Release Date: 1.7.03
Format: CD

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