POP Sunday 27th

Part of Us Both

Looking In

The first single from Ora Cogan's upcoming album, Bells in the Ruins 

watch the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmFxqHp_qqQ\

to buy track & pre-order album go here: https://oracogan.bandcamp.com/album/bells-in-the-ruins

All songs written by Ora Cogan except for
Skull: Lyrics by Serena Shipp & Ora Cogan, Music by Reggie Bast & Ora Cogan
All songs produced by David Parry & Ora Cogan
All songs recorded at Dobro Genius by David Parry except for
vocals on Tell, Secret, Fixe & Skull recorded by Logan Gabert at Craig’s Place
Cover art by Natasha Lavdovsky
Graphic design by Ora Cogan
Album layout by Logan Gabert

Bells in the Ruins

Sleeping

Sleeping - Ora Cogan - Bells in the Ruins

HIGHLIGHTS: 
Johnny Spence's cosmos attunement synth, Dan Goldman's eternal guitar, Alex Lukashevsky-the-Ancient's voice in minyan "Cruel and callous actions blossoming like bitter flowers…"

DESCRIPTION:
The Ashamnu, also known as the “Alphabet of Wrongdoing,” is written in the first-person plural, alphabetically listing all of the wrongs ‘we’ have committed in the past year. Traditional Jews recite it silently every morning, but it is more well known for its appearance on Yom Kippur, where it is recited aloud in a group. When recited together, it is a gesture of solidarity, a confessional inventory sung aloud to remind us what Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel stated: “In a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.”

We beat our chests, our hearts, with each word that we sing in the prayer. Rabbi Alan Lew describes this experience well: “We pound at the heart until it opens and we can read it.” Though the content is heavy, the prayer is sung in a major key, and the refrain feels singsongy in an almost tongue-and-cheek way. The wit and wisdom of this inversion seems clear: we can confront our shortcomings earnestly and with precision, but not without levity and humor. 


אָשַֽׁמְנוּ. בָּגַֽדְנוּ. גָּזַֽלְנוּ. דִּבַּֽרְנוּ דֹּֽפִי. הֶעֱוִֽינוּ. וְהִרְשַֽׁעְנוּ. זַֽדְנוּ. חָמַֽסְנוּ. טָפַֽלְנוּ שֶֽׁקֶר. יָעַֽצְנוּ רָע. כִּזַּֽבְנוּ. לַֽצְנוּ. מָרַֽדְנוּ. נִאַֽצְנוּ. סָרַֽרְנוּ. עָוִֽינוּ. פָּשַֽׁעְנוּ. צָרַֽרְנוּ. קִשִּֽׁינוּ עֹֽרֶף. רָשַֽׁעְנוּ. שִׁחַֽתְנוּ. תִּעַֽבְנוּ. תָּעִֽינוּ. תִּעְתָּֽעְנוּ:

Ashamnu– it’s our fault; Bagadnu– we have betrayed; Gazalnu– we have robbed; Dibarnu dofi– we were speechless; He’evinu– we have acted perversely; V’hirshanu– we have done wrong; Zadnu– we have presumed; Hamasnu– we have done violence; Tafalnu sheker– we have practiced deceit; Yaatsnu ra– we have counseled evil; Kizavnu– we have spoken falsehood; Latsnu– we have scoffed; Maradnu– we have revolted; Niatsnu– we have blasphemed; Sararnu– we have rebelled; Avinu– we have committed iniquity; Pashanu– we have transgressed; Tsararnu– we have oppressed; Kishinu oref– we have been haughty; Rashanu– we have acted wickedly; Shichatnu– we have dealt corruptly; Tiavnu– we have committed atrocity; Tainu– we have gone astray; Titanu– we have led others astray.

Daniela Gesundheit - Alphabet of Wrongdoing / Ashamnu אשמנו

Non-denominational devotional pop music from Toronto / Los Angeles. 

Daniela Gesundheit - Alphabet of Wrongdoing / Ashamnu אשמנו

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