[HANASHIR:5488] Re: Celebrate Passover Availble ...Pre- Release

[Roy Young <royalyoung...>]

I would love a copy.

Roy Young
1114 Hi-Point Street
Los Angeles, CA 90035
323-939-5048

At 02:53 PM 3/6/00 EST, you wrote:
>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.
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>
>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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