RAZA רזא - Kapelya (2023)

RAZA רזא explores the feminine voice in old Hasidic melodies. This project is the first of its kind, a full-length album of women singing traditional nigunim. Led by Chana Raskin and a core group of harmony singers, Kapelya features more than 20 voices and a small band of virtuosic instrumentalists. It emerges from an attempt to listen more deeply to sacred, traditional melodies, to ask questions of them, to open up and hear them whisper something new into the world.

Chana Raskin…lead vocals
Rena Branson…vocals
Aly Halpert…vocals
Deborah Sacks Mintz…vocals
Eleonore Weill…kaval, flutes, vocals
Jessie Reagen Mann…cello
Joey Weisenberg…clarinet, shruti box, percussion, guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin

Tracklist:
1.01 - RAZA רזא - Shalosh T'nuos (4:54)
1.02 - RAZA רזא - Ki Anu Amecha (4:10)
1.03 - RAZA רזא - Yemin Hashem (7:19)
1.04 - RAZA רזא - Nigun Hisva'adus (2:07)
1.05 - RAZA רזא - Mitteler Rebbe's Kapelya (7:32)
1.06 - RAZA רזא - Nigun Poltava - Instrumental (feat. Joey Weisenberg) (7:26)
1.07 - RAZA רזא - Klimovitcher Nigun (3:40)
1.08 - RAZA רזא - Va'anachnu Amcha (2:52)
1.09 - RAZA רזא - Ach L'elokim (5:34)
1.10 - RAZA רזא - Hu Elokeinu - Intro (2:31)
1.11 - RAZA רזא - Hu Elokeinu (4:38)
1.12 - RAZA רזא - Ah Shtarker Bistu (3:09)
1.13 - RAZA רזא - Keyli Ata (4:41)