Press Release: Jewish-Themed Songs About the Holocaust and Israel on CD by Up-and-Coming Singer/Songwriter

[Paula E. Kirman <calypso...>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Singer/Songwriter Releases Independent CD Featuring Jewish-Themed Songs

Singer/songwriter Paula Eve Kirman tells it like she sees it.
 
On her new, eight-song demo CD, Today I Lit A Candle, Kirman recorded several 
songs that deal with contemporary social issues, such as the title track about 
the 1989 Montreal Massacre.  
 
Two of the songs have a decidedly Jewish theme.  Kirman, who hails from 
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, wrote the song "Shoah" (the Hebrew word for 
"Holocaust") as a testament to the need to remind current and future 
generations never to forget the horrors of the past.  
 
"Time is moving on and many Holocaust survivors are passing away," Kirman says. 
 "We need to make sure the memory lives on, of them and all those who perished 
and never made it out to tell their own story."
 
Another song, "That's My Boy," is about an Israeli soldier who gets killed in 
the line of duty.  It is sung from the perspective of his mother, who settled 
in Israel to start a family with her husband when they were a young couple.  
 
"It took me a long time to write the song, and an even longer time to be able 
to sing without breaking down in tears," says Kirman.
 
Kirman, who has been playing guitar and writing songs since childhood, had no 
intentions to make her work public until the summer of 2001 when she played and 
sang for a friend of hers, singer/songwriter John Spearn (www.canadasongs.com), 
who specializes in writing and performing songs about various aspects of 
Canadian history.  Spearn encouraged her to get into a studio and record.  
Today I Lit A Candle features eight original compositions.
 
"I am not a natural-born singer, but I felt this was something I was led to 
do," Kirman, who by day is a freelance writer and Web page designer, explains.  
 
You can hear Paula's music at MP3.com: 
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/361/paula_eve_kirman.html
 
For More Information:
Paula Eve Kirman
(780) 444-9280
paula (at) calypsoconsulting(dot)com
http://www.calypsoconsulting.com/paulasongs.html - bio, lyrics, and album orders
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/361/paula_eve_kirman.html - music

 
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