[HANASHIR:12733] New Steve Dropkin Website and album review

[Rick Lupert <Rick...>]

Hello Hava Nashira Community,

Wanted to let you know that I've just completed work on 
http://SteveDropkin.com/

Steve is one of the most important voices in modern Jewish American 
music.  The website features information on his two solo releases 
including his latest recording "InnerPeace" which once again 
highlights Steve's talent as a great song writer.  It includes guest 
appearances from Julie Silver, Rick Recht, Doug Cotler and more.  As 
a camp song leader and synagogue Jewish music specialist I've found 
I've been able to use lots of Steve's anthematic and upbeat melodies 
in all the settings I have the privilege to share music with. 
Highlights of InnerPeace include the great upbeat singalongs "Yotzer 
Or" and "R'tzei."  They remind me a lot of the kind of material I 
fell in love with on his earlier recordings with his former trio 
KETZEV.  In the song "When Peace Has Come" Steve proves that he IS 
Jethro Tull with an upbeat flute solo that will have you believing 
that it is 1971 all over again and loving every minute of it.  Steve 
has the ability to write songs that I described earlier as 
'anthematic'.  When listening to tracks like "We All Stand Together" 
you'll be able to envision hundreds of people standing arm in arm 
chanting the lyrics.  InnerPeace is rounded out by some very nice 
ballads, including Yih'yu L'ratzon (I still haven't met a Yih'yu I 
haven't thought was gorgeous) and "Heal Our World" which was 
originally shared with the Hava Nashira Community in 2001.  I 
heartily recommend InnerPeace as an important contribution to 
anyone's Jewish Music library and personally, I couldn't live without 
all of Steve's recordings.  (err, and my b'sheret.)

You can order any of Steve's albums directly from him through his 
website (http://SteveDropkin.com/) via a print and mail order form, 
or from all of the major Jewish music outlets.  (Soundswrite, Tara, 
ARE, etc...)

If anyone is interested in web design for you our your Jewish music 
project, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.

Some of the sites I've created in our community:

        Danny Maseng
        http://DannyMaseng.com/

        Craig Taubman
        http://Craignco.com/

        Craig's Celebrate Series
        http://CelebrateSeries.com/

        Do You Hallelu? Los Angeles Synagogue 2000 Event
        http://DoYouHallelu.com/

        Steve Dropkin
        http://SteveDropkin.com/

        Hillel at Pierce and Valley Colleges
        http://HillelatPV.com/

        and of course my own site:
        http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/

b'Shalom,

Rick Lupert
-- 

Lupert: It's The Website - & - Poetry Super Highway
           http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/

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