Peace Stories

Editorial Reviews
Christopher Blagg, Offbeat Magazine, December 2001
"...a rarity among the standard holiday music fare with its no frills production and sparse acoustic elegance."

Keith Spera, Times Picayune, December 14, 2001
"The title track...imagines a time when "one day we'll all be tellin' peace stories," rather than war stories..."

Album Description
On "Peace Stories," the New Orleans trio of vocalist and violinist Theresa Andersson and guitarists David Doucet, of BeauSoleil, and John Fohl perform unadorned arrangements of Christmas songs that underscore the power of heartfelt simplicity. Among the seasonal music chosen for this CD, there are songs in Swedish and in French, showcasing Andersson and Doucet's rich ethnic heritage.

Peace Stories

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The Safe Thing to Do
Ray Korona Band
Manufacturer: Hobo Star Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA2OI4
Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

Toys for Peace
Listen to the Earth
Trimming the Fat Right off the Budget
Tommy - The Computer Kid
Meant to Be
Social Security Rag
Safe Thing
Too Many Acoustic Guitars
Not My Kind
Long Live Our Community Garden!
What Can You Say to the Rain?
People Will Be Dancing

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Prayer for a Broken World
Wholesale Klezmer Band
Manufacturer: Oyfgekumener Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | International | Styles | Music

International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00003TKLX
Release Date: 1996-12-01

Tracks:

Khsidim tants (Dance of the Chassidim)
Avrom, tate (Abraham, Papa)
Milkhome gemish (War medley)
The Spear and the Needle (poem)
Rumeynishe khosidl / Romanian Dance
The Magic Ring/Bosnian Tune
Kadsheynu (Sanctify Us)
Tfile far a tsebrokhener velt (Prayer for a broken world)
Hineni (Here I am)
The Chassidic Kaddish
Khevre nit gezorgt (Friends, don't worry)

Album Description

This CD represents a Jewish response to news of genocide in the post-Holocaust world. In the fall of 1994, during the wars in Bosnia and Rwanda, the group decided to use their music to speak out against genocide, to help the relief efforts for people in those countries who were still in danger, and to support those working for peace and reconciliation among the religious and ethnic groups involved in the conflicts. The band created a special concert of Yiddish music, story and poetry to raise funds for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's non-sectarian relief work in Bosnia and Rwanda. The members of Wholesale believe that their music bears witness to their repsonsibility, as Jews and human beings, to oppose intolerance, oppression, and genocide, and to promote peace, reconciliation and justice.

The recording itself includes a wide range of materials drawn from Jewish and Yiddish sources, as well as new material written by band members Yosl Kurland and Sherry Mayrent specifically to address the theme of the CD. As well as a number of songs in both Yiddish and Ashkenazic Hebrew and several instrumentals that express emotions related to the stated themes, there are a story and a poem, both in English, and a pair of lively instrumentals that convey both pride and happiness in taking on the responsibility and privilege of helping to repair the world.

Homeland Security
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Homeland Security
Hajb the Mad Poet
Manufacturer: Peace Jungle Music, Poetry and Stories
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music
General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00065E9XI
Release Date: 2004-09-28