Kapelya by RAZA רזא

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.

Explore a multimedia collection of essays about the songs and intentions of this project: https://ayinpress.org/folio/kapelya/

Tracklist

1.	Shalosh T'nuos	4:54

2.	Ki Anu Amecha	4:10

3.	Yemin Hashem	7:19

4.	Nigun Hisva'adus	2:07

5.	Mitteler Rebbe's Kapelya	7:32

6.	Nigun Poltava - Instrumental (feat. Joey Weisenberg)	7:26

7.	Klimovitcher Nigun	3:40

8.	Va'anachnu Amcha	2:52

9.	Ach L'elokim	5:34

10.	Hu Elokeinu - Intro	2:31

11.	Hu Elokeinu	4:38

12.	Ah Shtarker Bistu	3:09

13.	Keyli Ata	4:41

Credits

released February 22, 2023

Produced by Joey Weisenberg & Chana Raskin
Directed & Arranged by Chana Raskin & Joey Weisenberg
Mixed & Mastered by Don Godwin
Recorded Live by Mike Richelle at Rittenhouse Soundworks, Philadelphia, PA

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

RAZA Circle Vocalists.
Tsiporah Gottesman, Jess Berlin, Rachel Binstock, Ariel Dominique Hendleman, Esther Shoshana Holder, Rahel Stein, Emily Weintraub, Chani Trugman, Carmiya Weinraub, Sonia Gordon-Walinsky, Jessi Roemer, Nomi Teutsch, Anat Hochberg, Kelilah Miller, Daniella Forstater, Erica Kimmel

Cover Photograph - Velvel Schildkraut, JEM
Header Photograph - Shmulie Lowenstein
Album Design & Layout - Jessica Tamar Deutsch

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