While You Work (@whileyouwork)

sung by R' Mónica Gomery, Batya Levine, and Ilana Lerman

Achat Shaalti, traditional Ashkenazi tune by S Mernick

Originally released on Bandcamp in 2021: https://adamhorowitz.bandcamp.com/album/behold-be-held

Songwriting became an unexpected anchor for me this past year: a practice for directing attention amidst turbulence, for returning to wonder and reverence amidst uncertainty, for stumbling toward mystery, even—or especially—when the path is hard to come by.

This album, my first, is an intimate sharing of some of the melodies and words that emerged from inner and outer landscapes during these strange, in-between times. My hope is that you’ll find at least one song in here that resonates with the wonderings and wanderings of your own heart. I invite you to take your time exploring them.

This is not a glossy production. Recorded without preciousness from home, it has a kind of pandemic sparseness to it: just my voice(s) and a baritone ukulele. I hope to one day collaborate with other musicians.

If you choose to download the digital album, half of the sale proceeds will be donated to grassroots Indigenous-led efforts where I live, via the Honor Native Land Tax; the other half will support the next musical project.

Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoy.
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released December 26, 2021

All songs written, performed, and recorded by Adam Horowitz.
Mixed by Dan Kluger. Mastered by Jessica Thompson.
Album art by Erin Elder.

Puzzled

This song came out of me as a natural instinct to soothe my nervous system after engaging with secondhand and intergenerational trauma from the Holocaust. May it bring softness to our pain and courage to the resilient parts of us who still reach for the good in life.

Song For Soothing Trauma

Artist: Sarina Partridge
I learned this song from Sarina at Let My People Sing 2023.

This recording is from a song circle on June 30, 2024 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
I will go down to the well
Let the water ring me like a bell
Let the water rock me like a child
For this well will not run dry
No this well will not run dry

Down to the Well (Sarina Partridge)

Horizons

& when fear arises
& when grief arises 
& when rage arises
I lean in here

It moves on
My heart is strong
It moves on
Something else horizons

& when fear arises
& when grief arises
& when rage arises
I remain here

It moves on
My heart is strong
It moves on
Something new horizons

& when fear arises
& when grief arises
& when rage arises
I attune here

It moves on
My heart is strong
It moves on
Somewhere else horizons

Horizons - Aiyana Masla

Kid A

Everything In Its Right Place

Intro

This gorgeous melody from Jennifer Levenhagen was further beautified by Annie Zylstra who added the polyphonic harmonies, making this an ethereal gem, and a bit more challenging to sing than others in current oral tradition repertoire.

Original song copyright Jennifer Levenhagen, arrangement by Annie Zylstra. Recorded here by Lisa G. Littlebird for Wholehearted Chorus.

For lyrics, individual part tracks and more, visit: http://thebirdsings.com/most-beautiful-sky

Most Beautiful Sky by Jennifer Levenhagen and Annie Zylstra

For Pittsburgh and Squirrel Hill. In service of our healing and collective freedom in the midst of intense white nationalist violence in the form of transphobia, racism, sexism, and anti-semitism.  As a reminder that more police and "security" do not make us safer, especially for those of us who hold multiple targeted identities.  We will only win when we are all together.

Lyrics:
we are a beautiful people
though our hearts are broken
we sing for justice, and wholeness

we are a beautiful people
though our hearts are broken
we know that we are not alone
right here we are home

you have taken a universe
you have taken a mountain
our voices echo in the hills

they will not divide us
we will not abide this
we know that together we'll be free
mourning tragedy
our safety is with each other

we are a beautiful people
though our hearts are broken
we sing for justice, and wholeness

we are a beautiful people
though our hearts are broken
we know that we are not alone
right here we are home

toch emunei am segulah (repeated)

hebrew translation: 
from lecha dodi, a prayer greeting shabbes:
among those who hold faith, a treasured nation

gratitude to Chana Rusanov for hebrew lyrics and translation.
gratitude for Rachel Beck for leading me on my own journey against anti-semitism for seven years now
gratitude for Dove Kent, JFREJ, and so so many other brilliant teachers leading us towards solidarity
gratitude for our allies who take the time and effort to see the realities of systemic anti-semitism
gratitude for life, for existence, and the capacity to heal.

Aly Halpert's Album

Beautiful People (Toch Emunei)

Re-Wild My Soul by Heather Houston

This beautiful chant poured through me one morning in a meditation on my sister's land in Northern WA. With Mt. Baker above me, Canyon Creek below me, sunshine, wind, eagles, vast sky and forest all around me, I went into a deep state of communion with the land and allowed this song to move through. It doesn't make grammatical sense entirely, but it's easier to teach this way. Enjoy!

Lyrics:

Oh river, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to flow with ease again I am ready, take me in.

Oh mountain, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to lift mine eyes again I am ready, take me in.

Oh eagle, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to fly so free again I am ready, take me in.

Oh vast sky, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to be spaciousness again I am ready, take me in.

Oh soft wind, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to be clear and cleansed again I am ready, take me in.

Oh sunshine, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to shine with warmth again I am ready, take me in.

Oh forest, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to trust this path again I am ready, take me in.

Oh mama, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to beat with yours again I am ready, take me in.

To learn the individual parts to this song, please visit my Public Song Library:
https://heatherhoustonmusic.com/sisters-in-harmony-song-library/

©Heather Houston
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Re-Wild My Soul - All Parts

Come Darkness Come Light - 7:2:19, 11.27 PM

Oh Morning

Available on Apple Music & Spotify http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1503178323?ls=1&app=itunes

Stay Free

Morning Asana

Exhausted (Kohinoorgasm Remix)

Grateful for this little melody coming to me from the pages of my siddur one summer morning.

Ma tovu ohalecha Yaakov, mishk’notecha Yisrael
How lovely are your tents [people of] Jacob; your sanctuaries [people of] Israel.

Mah Tovu

I’m just a fan, located in one of the most rural parts of the Norwegian Sea 

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Puzzled

Adam Horowitz

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