[HANASHIR:5434] RE: Celebrate Passover Availble ...Pre- Release

[Steve Greenberg <SIG...>]

Hi Craig et al,

Sounds great -- please add me to the list to order Celebrate Passover.  Let
me know how you want to be paid.  I'm:

Steve Greenberg
3101 E. Calhoun Pky., #606
Minneapolis, MN  55408-2512

sig (at) mdli(dot)com

612/823-5540

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> Subject:      [HANASHIR:5433] Celebrate Passover Availble ...Pre- Release
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Celebrate Passover will soon be availble. As a special pre release offer
> we 
> would be happy to provide list members with a copy of the cd for $12 
> including shipping!  Please
> send us a note to this address by 3/15 and we will process your order.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Craig Taubman  
> 
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    PRESS CONTACTS: 
> Beth Blenz-Clucas, 503-293-9498
> Maxine Goldstein, 314-725-2522
> 
> CRAIG 'N CO. LAUNCHES CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSIC LABEL
> WITH "CELEBRATE PASSOVER"
> 
> LOS ANGELES, CA, March 1, 2000 - Passover is the season when families
> gather 
> and stories of exile and liberation are told and retold.  Music is an 
> integral part of the celebration, and a new recording will help everyone
> get 
> in the spirit.
> 
> Celebrate Passover is a compilation of some of the most innovative Jewish 
> music today, representing musical styles of the Middle East, Spain and
> even 
> theAfrican spiritual as well as klezmer and other more traditional forms
> of 
> spiritual expression. Celebrate Passover is due for release from
> independent 
> label Craig 'n Co. on March 14 ($14.98CD/$9.98 cassette), 
> 
> The new album marks the launch of the Celebrate Series of Jewish music.
> "Our 
> goal with the Celebrate Series is to create soundtracks for all of the
> major 
> Jewish festivals and holidays," explains Craig Taubman, producer of the 
> series and one of the featured artists. 
> 
> For over two decades Craig 'n Co. has brought to life the joy and spirit
> of 
> Jewish heritage.  In producing the Celebrate Series, Craig 'n Co. hopes to
> 
> reach an even broader market exposing the community to new and exciting 
> artists representing a wide variety of musical genres. "Celebrate
> Passover" 
> includes 14 cuts, including a track with Taubman and guitar legend
> Laurence 
> Juber. Other featured artists include Debbie Friedman, Rick Recht, Shlomo 
> Gronich and the Sheba Choir, Alan Eder, Gerard Edery, David Broza, Alberto
> 
> Mizrahi, Safam, Jon Simon, Karen Daniel, Linda Hirschorn, Dana Mase and
> Doug 
> Mishkin.
> 
> Taubman looks for music that touches people on a deep level. "Music and
> art 
> can change our lives and attitudes in a very real and immediate way," he 
> explains. "Its effect may be difficult to describe in words, but its power
> 
> cannot be denied."
> 
> The next Celebrate Series releases in 2000 will be Celebrate Shabbat and
> Celeb
> rate Hanukkah. Celebrate Hanukkah is an all-encompassing celebration of
> the 
> festival of lights, with songs representing contemporary, classical,
> Yiddish 
> and Ladino musical styles, available this fall. 
> 
> In celebration of the season and the new record label, Craig 'n Co. will 
> donate 50 percent of the net proceeds from the sale of Celebrate Passover
> to 
> ARMDI Magen David Adom, the equivalent of the Red Cross in Israel.
> 
> Celebrate Passover is available at music and specialty stores nationally
> or 
> by calling Sounds Write at (800) 976-8639. For more information about the
> Cele
> brate Series, call 800-6-CRAIG-8 or visit www.celebrateseries.com.
> #  #  #
> 
> 
> 
> CELEBRATE PASSOVER
> Featured Artists
> 
> LINDA HIRSCHORN travels around the country sharing music from her six 
> original recordings. Her songs have been published in major song
> anthologies 
> and choral arrangements and are used around the world. RICK RECHT often 
> referred to as the Jewish Dave Matthews, is one of the fastest rising
> stars 
> in the national Jewish music scene.  ALAN EDER is a Fulbright Scholar who 
> holds degrees in Ethnomusicology and African music performance. He is also
> 
> the producer of the two best-selling Jewish Reggae Albums. GERARD EDERY is
> a 
> vibrant classically trained baritone with the skills of a virtuoso
> guitarist. 
> His inventive harmonies and intricate arrangements bring new spirit to 
> Judeo-Spanish music. LAURENCE JUBER was lead guitarist for Paul
> McCartney's 
> Wings, winning a "Best Rock Instrumental" Grammy award for the track 
> "Rockestra".  He was recently voted #1 Guitarist by the readers of
> Fingerstyle
>  Magazine. CRAIG TAUBMAN is one of the most respected voices in family 
> entertainment, releasing albums with Walt Disney Records and BMG.  He has 
> produced music for TV and film projects with Paramount, New Line, Fox, 
> Disney, HBO and PBS.  DEBBIE FRIEDMAN has become a treasured part of our 
> lives. Her music is living Judaism - from her they learned the Hebrew 
> alphabet, through her, they came to love prayers that might otherwise have
> 
> remained strings of foreign words.  DAVID BROZA is more than just a 
> singer-songwriter, he is one of the community's most gifted artists and 
> communicators. With 19 albums to his credit, many of which have gone gold,
> 
> platinum and multi-platinum, David is one of the top-selling Israeli
> artists 
> in the world. ALBERTO MIZRAHI is the cantor's cantor. He possesses one of
> the 
> world's most accomplished cantorial voices and is often referred to as the
> 
> "Pavarotti of Jewish music." SAFAM has been revolutionizing popular Jewish
> 
> music for over 25 years, creating an indigenous Jewish-American sound.
> SAFAM 
> has recorded 10 albums of original compositions smoothly blending the 
> traditional with the contemporary. JON SIMON has been performing his 
> contemporary piano interpretations from the Jewish heritage for over 20 
> years. He has performed for the U.S. Senate, the Israeli Ambassador and 
> President Bill Clinton. KAREN DANIEL writes and sings her original songs, 
> blending folk, country and gospel sounds with a strong knowledge of Jewish
> 
> heritage. DOUG MISHKIN is one of the Jewish community's preeminent singers
> 
> for social justice, appearing at hundreds of concerts and programs across
> the 
> country. DANA MASE is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter whose 
> spiritual words and music combine elements of pop, rock and folk music. A 
> single from her CD, "Sitting with an Angel" was featured on the hit TV
> show, 
> "Dawson's Creek". SHLOMO GRONICH & THE SHEBA CHOIR bring the music of 
> Ethiopian Jewish children into the multicultural mix of "Celebrate
> Passover."
> 
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