Haidouti Orkestar 
Turkish and Gypsy Brass Band

بنت الشلبية - Haidouti Orkestar

The Way It Used To Be.

Reflections from the Edge: Songs for Stepping Back Away is a cinematic, genre-defying concept album that walks the fragile tightrope between despair and resilience, darkness and light, survival and surrender. Drawing inspiration from torch songs, vintage ballads, disco anthems, jazz standards, and sacred requiems, this is not just an album—it is an emotional lifeline, a sonic companion in the silence between breaths.

Created by Akiva David, a seasoned chaplain with over 15+ years of frontline experience ministering to individuals facing mental illness, addiction, trauma, and suicidal ideation, each song is born from real encounters with the human soul in crisis. These aren’t just stories—they’re echoes of whispered prayers, shattered moments, and the sacred tension between holding on and letting go.

This music is not a replacement for therapy—but encouragement to seek medical intervention when warranted.
It does not diagnose or prescribe, but it fosters empathy, reflection, and emotional outreach. It is designed for those moments when words collapse under the weight of pain—when silence screams and the will to live feels like a distant memory.

⚠️ If you are struggling:

Please call or text 988 (U.S. Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or visit https://findahelpline.com for confidential support anywhere in the world.

This project exists as a gentle plea:
You are not alone. You are not invisible. You are not finished.
There is love waiting in places you haven’t yet reached.
There is divine attention—a whisper from beyond the edge—reminding you that your soul still matters.
Please, don’t expire before discovering why.

Track 7 To Be or Not To Be . . .(;)

"Echoes from the Vilna Gaon: The Jonah Cycle" is a cinematic and spiritually charged song journey inspired by the Kabbalistic interpretations of the Vilna Gaon. Drawing on the mystical themes of the Book of Jonah, these compositions explore reincarnation (gilgulim), divine mission, sacred resistance, and spiritual transformation. The music unfolds like sacred commentary—elevating the soul’s cyclical journey through descent, storm, silence, and rebirth. The result is an album both timeless and timely—a mystical soundtrack for modern seekers, invoking sacred echoes and soul-deep resonance. 

Track 9 Grave Tango

A timeless, genre-blending journey through the wonder, grief, chaos, and joy of the holiday season—told through soul-stirring vocals, cinematic orchestrations, and unapologetic heart.

From the aching nostalgia of “FAO Schwarz Christmas” and the triumphant spiritual grandeur of “Christmas Voices” to the cheeky, high-kick energy of “Oyfn Yidn, Kein Nit-Krismas!” (a Yiddish big-band banger), this album dances between memory and merriment.

We waltz through the bittersweet magic of preparation in “Christmas Forever Waltz,” rediscover innocent faith beside “Latkes with My Bubby,” and reclaim lost spirit in “Scrooge Struggle Sways.” Whether you're lighting a menorah or trimming a tree, dancing with your ghosts or frying something golden, there's a place for you here—under candlelight, in memory’s kitchen, on a snowy stage.

With sweeping strings, gospel choirs, klezmer clarinets, and soaring melodies, Eternal Lights & Latkes captures what makes the season eternal: love, laughter, longing… and latkes.

Dedicated to anyone who ever found holiness in a toybox, a train set, or a grandmother’s frying pan.

Track 11 Latkes with My Bubby

Whispers On Halloween Night.

The moon is high, the sky’s gone pale,
Shadows stretch along the trail.
Pumpkins grin with crooked teeth,
Whispering secrets underneath.
Footsteps echo, soft and slow,
Something’s watching—don’t let it know.
Wind sings low through the twisted trees,
Calling your name on a ghostly breeze.

🎵 Ooooh, the whispers call your name,
In the dark, they play their game.
Skeletons dance in candlelight,
Under the spell of Halloween night.
Ooooh, the spirits start to creep,
While the living fall asleep.
Hide your soul, hold it tight—
It’s whispering time on Halloween night.* 🎵

Jack-o’-lanterns blink and stare,
Cobwebs glisten in the air.
Graveyard songs in minor key,
Sung by ghosts in harmony.
Old black cats with glowing eyes,
Circle the moon as the witching hour flies.
Doors creak open, the lights go dim,
And something laughs—oh, it’s not him.

🎵 Ooooh, the whispers call your name,
In the dark, they play their game.
Skeletons dance in candlelight,
Under the spell of Halloween night.
Ooooh, the spirits start to creep,
While the living fall asleep.
Hide your soul, hold it tight—
It’s whispering time on Halloween night.* 🎵

Close your eyes, but don’t you dream,
The night’s alive with things unseen.
Candy’s sweet, but fear’s the feast,
You’re the guest—and you’re the beast.

🎵 Ooooh, the whispers call your name,
Nothing here will stay the same.
Shadows laugh in pale moonlight,
Dancing deep into Halloween night…
Ooooh… Halloween night.* 🎵

Whispers On Halloween Night

Live Performance of Michel Legrand's 'Windmills of Your Mind' on Sahibet El-Saada program on CBC.

String Arrangement by George Kolta
Piano by Shady El-Halawany
Mixing by Essam El-Saharty

Windmills Of Your Mind -  برنامج صاحبة السعادة

"La La Land" Medley (Cello & Piano) - Nicholas Yee & Sam Yang

I Will Survive Ft. Oud

Secret Garden - Passacaglia

İf We Were Free (kimler geldi kimler geçti - ajda pekkan) - Sol RAYE [1972]
Neville Marshall-Corbin (1934 – 31 March 2006) was a Guyanese cabaret singer, composer and recording artist who moved to England in the 1960s and originally studied acting, performing with the English Stage Company. He was born in Christianburg, Guyana.

İf We Were Free (kimler geldi kimler geçti - ajda pekkan) - Sol RAYE [1972]

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Track 11 Latkes with My Bubby

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