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Music that spans the breadth of the personal and the political, the Jewish and the feminine, and celebrates life, love and friendship and the struggle for peace and justice for all people.

Original songs and arrangements combining historic teachings with contemporary and homegrown wisdom are magical, healing, and inspirational.


There Will Always Be Singing CDThere Will Always Be Singing CD

There Will Always Be Singing


Amazed CD

Vocolot at 25 CD

Becoming CD

Heart Beat CD

Behold! CD

Amazed

Vocolot at 25

Becoming

Heart Beat

Behold!

Marcia Falk's Blessings in Song CD

Roots & Wings CD

Gather Round CD

   

Marcia Falk's
Blessings in Song

Roots & Wings

Gather Round

   


More Than Luck and a Prayer CD

Skies Ablaze CD

Linda Hirschhorn Songbook

More Than
Luck and a Prayer

Skies Ablaze

Linda Hirschhorn
Songbook


There Will Always Be Singing
There Will Aways Be Singing CD

There Will Always Be Singing CD


There Will Always Be Singing Full Album Download Card
  1. There Will Always Be Singing

    This song was inspired by Bertholdt Brecht who asked: “In the dark time will there also be singing... “ . I composed this at the beginning of Covid and went out into the streets singing it with a group of friends

    Vocalists: Reed Fromer Jennifer Karno, Ellen Robinson Talia Cooper Jeremy Carter Achi Ben Shalom

  2. The Grandmother's Song

    Fiddle: Laurie Lewis Ukeleles/Bass: Bobby Cohen Drums: Roger A. Smith

  3. Not Your Mother's Lullaby ( A mashup of Mother Goose and old time lullabies)

    Guitars, bass, Wurlitzer: Bobby Cohen

  4. Modim

    A song of gratitude and hope from daily prayers

    12 string Guitar: Bobby Cohen Mandolin and Flutes: David Weigens

  5. Jeptha's Daughter's Lament

    The Gideonite general, Jeptha, ostracized from his community because his mother was supposedly a prostitute, makes a vow that he will sacrifice the first thing he sees if he can win the battle for the Gideonites agains the Ammonites. He wins and is greeted by his daughter first thing. She goes off with her women friends to their special mountain retreat. The Talmud mentions the festival of the four days that women held back then in honor of Jeptha's daughter. (She is never named)

    Vocalists: Jennifer Karno, Talia Ccoper. Perucssion: Marquinho Brasil

  6. Hear my Prayers (Psalm 4)

    Vocalists: Talia Cooper, Elizabeth Stuart, Jeff Wessman, Jeremy Carter, Achi Ben Shalom, Ann Ben Shalom, Andrew Gordon Kirsch Guitar: Achi Ben Shalom Guitar: Achi Ben Shalom

  7. Even in Heaven

    Piano/acoustic guitar, cello/strings:Marc Poelhuber Flute solo: Helga Shleeh. Keyoards: Steve Carter

    My good friend, the artist and poet Susan Felix, (Z”L) was married to her beloved Mort for 54 years. After
    he passed, their daughter Lisa Smartt began to transcribe love poems that Lisa felt she was receiving from Mort to her mother and gathered them all in her book Veil: Poems from Across the Threshold. The poems inspired me to compose this song.

  8. Kol D'Mama (The Still small Voice)

    I wrote this when I was undergoing radiation for breast cancer. I am not by nature a still person. Singing this in my mind during the treatment helped me to be still. The phrase comes from the story of the prophet Elijah who is fleeing from the wrath of Queen Jezebel. He is dejected and looking for God. But God was not fto be found in earthquakes, fire, windstorms or thunder. God is in our own stillness, our own silence.

    Bass: Steve Carter Viola: Pemi Paull..., Percussion: Marquinho Brasil

  9. Be My Light (Psalm 27)

    Piano: Stephen Glass Flutes: David Weigens

  10. Full Circle

    This song comes from an earlier recording (HeartBeat) that I made with Vocolot (My Jewish Women's Acapella ensemble) included here with a new last verse

    Vocalists: Ellen Robinson, Jennifer Karno, Elizabeth Stuart, Judith Kate Friedman Aiison Lewis

  11. Thorns and Roses

    This beautiful song was written by my brother Larry Hirschhorn from his play “Grieving Aaron” about the death of his eldest son Aaron Hirschhorn in 2020

    Keyboards: Steve Carter Viola: Charmain Louis

  12. There Will Always be Singing: Reprise

Many thanks to my brilliant (and best) friend, Fran Avni whose artistry and musicianship guided me through this project. It could not happen without her. Check out her music and art at:www.franavni.com

Amazed
Amazed
2013
Amazed CD
  1. Amazed Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Amazed

  2. Dreaming You Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Dreaming You

  3. Sometimes the Spirit Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Sometimes the Spirit

  4. These Hands Listen to an mp3 sample:

    These Hands

  5. Some Love Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Some Love

  6. Breath of Mercy Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Breath of Mercy

  7. Traveler Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Traveler

  8. Stay With Me Now Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Stay With Me Now

  9. Give it All You Have Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Give it All You Have

  10. Bountiful Love Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Bountiful Love

Amazed CD

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Vocolot at 25
Vocolot at 25
2012
Becoming CD
  1. Et Dodim Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Et Dodim

  2. Ale Brider Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Ale Brider

  3. These Hands Listen to an mp3 sample:

    These Hands

  4. Vig Lid Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Vig Lid

  5. Tumba Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Tumba

  6. Hazaremos Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Hazaremos

  7. Guide Me Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Guide Me

  8. Won't You Be the Change Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Won't You Be the Change

  9. She Talk Listen to an mp3 sample:

    She Talk

  10. Gluckstern's Commercial Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Gluckstern's Commercial

  11. Yah Anah Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Yah Anah

  12. Or Zarua Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Or Zarua

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Vocolot at 25 CD


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Vocolot at 25 celebrates a quarter-century of a cappella musical activism. Original songs and arrangements of traditional texts deliver a message of peace, reconciliation, and social justice.


Becoming
Becoming
2007
Becoming CD

Just Plain Folks Award Nominee  JPF 2009 Award Nominee for Best Jewish Song ("Kumi")
  1. Kumi Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Kumi

  2. My Beloved Listen to an mp3 sample:

    My Beloved

  3. As a Lily
  4. Bountiful Love Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Bountiful Love

  5. The Odds Get Even Better Listen to an mp3 sample:

    The Odds Get Even Better

  6. By Way of the Heart Listen to an mp3 sample:

    By Way of the Heart

  7. Don't Keep Waiting Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Don't Keep Waiting

  8. Hashkiveynu Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Hashkiveynu

  9. Bishiva Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Bishiva

  10. Dodi Li
  11. Talia's Lullaby
  12. Mountains of China Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Mountains of China

  13. Blue
  14. Hafoch V'Hapech Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Hafoch V'Hapech

  15. Winter's Song Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Winter's Song

Becoming CD


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Becoming includes 15 original uplifting joyous songs, among them love songs, lullabies, songs of healing, peace, and forgiveness, in styles that range from jazz, folk, and pop (with a touch of gospel), to klezmer, liturgical, and a cappella. “The melodies are gorgeous, the harmonies luscious, the poetry exquisite.”

“After listening to Linda Hirschhorn's latest, I have to say that I am transported by her heavenly voice. In this genre-busting recording, "BECOMING" runs the gamut from lullaby to torch song to mizrachi (Eastern) groove to chamber music to swing, all with the same level of mastery that you've come to expect from this radically talented singer. After just a taste of this masterpiece, if you don't decide you want to be her when you grow up, you'll at least decide you want to spend endless hours listening to her.”

—Debra Kolodny, Director of א Aleph


Heart Beat
Heart Beat
2002
Heart Beat CD

CARA Award  CARA 2003 Award Winner for Best Album and Best Song ("La Comida")
  1. Heart Beat Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Heart Beat

  2. La Comida Listen to an mp3 sample:

    La Comida

  3. Zog Maran Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Zog Maran

  4. ’Èlokim Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Èlokim

  5. Guide Me Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Guide Me

  6. Who Can You Lean On Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Who Can You Lean On

  7. Full Circle Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Full Circle

  8. Yésh Lànu Koakh Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Yésh Lànu Koakh

  9. For Talia: Born 9/11/85 Listen to an mp3 sample:

    For Talia: Born 9/11/85

  10. These Hands Listen to an mp3 sample:

    These Hands

  11. Ocho Kandelikas Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Ocho Kandelikas

  12. Los Bilbilicos Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Los Bilbilicos

  13. ’Èrèts Zavat Khalav Udvash Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Èrèts Zavat Khalav Udvash

  14. Sarah and Hagar Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Sarah and Hagar

  15. Pitkhu Li / Effen Oyf: A Chant to Life Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Pitkhu Li / Effen Oyf: A Chant to Life

Vocolot Heart Beat CD

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A passionate a cappella celebration of women's voices and percussion with songs that affirm life and sing a vision of one world at peace - spanning the spectrum of original and traditional music - sung in English, Yiddish, Hebrew and Ladino. Heart Beat: a place where the personal, social, political and spiritual resonate in harmony. Includes a Yiddish song of resistance ("Zog Maran"), a Brazilian song of praise ("’Èlokim Noten Hakol"), and a joyous song adapted from a South African freedom anthem that will get you to your feet ("Yésh Lànu Koakh"). Derk Richardson of the San Francisco Bay Guardian said, "These Yiddish Divas make music that embodies peace, resilience, reconciliation, and the notion that we will overcome our enemies with our singing."

Behold!
Behold!
1998
Behold! CD

CARA Award  CARA 1998 Award Runner-up for Best Folk Song ("Eretz Shiv'at Haminim")
Just Plain Folks Award  Just Plain Folks 2006 Award Nominee for Best Song ("Behold!")

  1. Lo Yisa Goy (Study War No More) Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Lo Yisa Goy (Study War No More)

  2. Haréh ’At / Hashmi‘ini (Behold!) Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Haréh ’At / Hashmi‘ini (Behold!)

  3. Bird Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Bird

  4. Rosh Hodesh (New Moon) Candlelighting Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Rosh Hodesh (New Moon) Candlelighting

  5. Blessed Is The Flame Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Blessed Is The Flame

  6. Mayn Rue Platz (My Resting Place) Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Mayn Rue Platz (My Resting Place)

  7. Sham‘àh (Hear and Rejoice) Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Sham‘àh (Hear and Rejoice)

  8. Ve’érastich Li (Betrothal) Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Hands

  9. If You Can Walk Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Ve’érastich Li (Betrothal)

  10. Imri Na (My Sister) Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Imri Na (My Sister)

  11. Camarada Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Camarada

  12. ’Èrèts Shiv‘at Haminim (The Land of Seven Species) Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Èrèts Shiv‘at Haminim (The Land of Seven Species)

  13. ’Éli, ’Éli Listen to an mp3 sample:

    ’Éli, ’Éli

  14. Wings Span Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Wings Span

Behold! CD

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Another tapestry from Vocolot of breathtakingly beautiful melodies, harmonies and dynamic percussion. These songs are passionate, upbeat, and evocative, and take their inspiration from sources ranging from the ancient wisdom of Isaiah to the modern poet Walt Whitman. This is music with universal heart, Jewish soul and social conscience. Includes the passionate anti-war "Lo Yisa Goy," the sensuous, evocative "Sham‘àh Vatismakh Tsiyon", and the award-winning "’Èrèts Shivat Haminim".

Blessings in Song
Marcia Falk's Blessings in Song
1997
Marcia Falk's Blessings in Song CD
  1. Sabbath Candlelighting Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Sabbath Candlelighting

  2. L'khu, Rey'ot V'rey'im: Greeting the Sabbath Bride Listen to an mp3 sample:

    L'khu, Rey'ot V'rey'im: Greeting the Sabbath Bride

  3. Sanctification over Wine for Sabbath Eve Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Sanctification over Wine for Sabbath Eve

  4. Blessing Before the Meal Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Blessing Before the Meal

  5. Blessing After the Meal Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Blessing After the Meal

  6. Morning Blessing Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Morning Blessing

  7. Recalling Our Ancestors, Remembering Our Lives Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Recalling Our Ancestors, Remembering Our Lives

  8. Sustaining Life, Embracing Death Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Sustaining Life, Embracing Death

  9. Hallowing Our Namings Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Hallowing Our Namings

  10. Sanctifying the Sabbath Day Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Sanctifying the Sabbath Day

  11. Restoring Shekhinah, Reclaiming Home Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Restoring Shekhinah, Reclaiming Home

  12. The Gift of Gratitude Listen to an mp3 sample:

    The Gift of Gratitude

  13. Blessing of Peace Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Blessing of Peace

  14. Closing Blessing Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Closing Blessing

  15. Havdalah: Parting Ritual for the Sabbath Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Havdalah: Parting Ritual for the Sabbath

  16. Blessing for the New Week Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Blessing for the New Week

  17. Evening Blessing Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Evening Blessing

  18. Prayer for the New Month Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Prayer for the New Month

  19. Rosh Hodesh Candlelighting Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Rosh Hodesh Candlelighting

  20. Renewal of the Moon Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Renewal of the Moon

  21. Blessing for the New and for Renewal Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Blessing for the New and for Renewal

Marcia Falk's Blessings in Song CD

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A combination of cantorial and Middle-Eastern motifs. The music, deeply rooted in tradition, offers listeners melodies and chants for immediate incorporation into their own community's ritual observances and practices. The recording is a wonderful complement to Marcia Falk's Book of Blessings for Daily Life (Harper San Francisco 1996), a seminal work that restructures Jewish liturgy in Hebrew and English from a non-hierarchical gender-inclusive perspective.

Roots & Wings
Roots & Wings
1992
Roots & Wings CD
  1. Roots & Wings Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Roots and Wings

  2. Not by Might Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Not by Might

  3. What Happened to the Dream? Listen to an mp3 sample:

    What Happened to the Dream?

  4. If Not Now Listen to an mp3 sample:

    If Not Now

  5. Homeless Blues Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Homeless Blues

  6. Qàrév Yom Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Qàrév Yom

  7. Mizmor Shir Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Mizmor Shir

  8. But Ask Now the Beasts / Trees of the Wild Listen to an mp3 sample:

    But Ask Now the Beasts / Trees of the Wild

  9. Waltzing in the Shadows (In Memoriam - A Yizkor for Tay) Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Waltzing in the Shadows (In Memoriam - A Yizkor for Tay)

  10. Stepping Lightly Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Stepping Lightly

  11. Shifchi Kamayim Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Shifchi Kamayim

  12. Marbèh Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Marbèh

  13. Play On Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Play On

  14. Blessing for Children Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Blessing for Children

  15. Circle Chant (New version) Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Circle Chant (New version)

Roots and Wings CD

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Roots & Wings - songs of great melodic, lyrical, and spiritual depths and heights, suffused with lush harmonies. Original English and Hebrew compositions, a cappella or accompanied, these songs celebrate Shabbat, children, friendship, and peace. Includes the song "Circle Chant", sung and recorded by religious and politically conscious communities around the world. As Ronnie Gilbert of the Weavers said, "Roots & Wings makes me feel like wings, like sails, like water, like unfoldings. Linda is a gifted musician with a voice of pure honey."

Gather Round
Gather Round
Songs of Celebration and Renewal
1989
Gather Round CD
  1. ’Ilu Finu Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Ilu Finu

  2. Miriam's Slow Snake Dance Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Miriam's Slow Snake Dance

  3. Ki Hém Khayéinu Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Ki Hém Khayéinu

  4. Blessing After the Meal Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Blessing After the Meal

  5. Chanukah / Solstice Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Chanukah / Solstice

  6. Women Gathering Round Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Women Gathering Round

  7. I Have a Million Nightingales Listen to an mp3 sample:

    I Have a Million Nightingales

  8. Ruth and Naomi Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Ruth and Naomi

  9. Yom Shabàton Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Yom Shabàton

  10. Ufàrsu Làrà‘év Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Ufàrsu Làrà‘év

  11. The Full Moon Song Listen to an mp3 sample:

    The Full Moon Song

  12. The Berry Song Listen to an mp3 sample:

    The Berry Song

  13. Nigun Listen to an mp3 sample:

    Nigun

Gather Round CD

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Vocolot's first classic recording brings women's herstory alive in songs such as "Miriam's Slow Snake Dance by the Riverside" and "Ruth and Naomi", and affirms the powerful bond between women and nature.

More Than Luck and a Prayer
More Than Luck and a Prayer
1987
More Than Luck and a Prayer Cassette
  1. The Dawning Light
  2. As a Lily
  3. My Beloved
  4. More Than Luck and a Prayer
  5. My Two Brothers
  6. The Odds Get Even Better
  7. Talia's Lullaby
  8. Zog Maran
  9. Passover at the Nuclear Test Site
  10. Sarah and Hagar
  11. A Winter's Song

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Skies Ablaze
Skies Ablaze
1984
Skies Ablaze Cassette
  1. Yes I Will Dance
  2. Women of Belau
  3. Karen Silkwood
  4. Can We Wait
  5. Dance a Revolution
  6. Mountains of China
  7. Mayn Rue Plats
  8. One Last Time
  9. Who Can You Lean On
  10. The Overturning
  11. Circle Chant

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Linda Hirschhorn Songbook
Note: This is now a double songbook of 53 songs that combines all the music from the Gather Round Songbook and the original Music of Linda Hirschhorn Songbook.
The Music of
Linda Hirschhorn:

More Hebrew Canons, Rounds, and Musical Settings
1995
Linda Hirschhorn Songbook
  1. ’Ilu Finu
  2. Nigun
  3. Miriam's Slow Snake Dance
  4. Ruth and Naomi
  5. Ki Hém Khayéinu
  6. As a Lily
  7. Bechàl Dor Vàdor
  8. My Beloved
  9. ’Im ’Éin ’Ani Li
  10. Marbèh
  11. Chanukah / Solstice
  12. Ve‘al Hakol
  13. Yom Shabàton
  14. Qàrév Yom
  15. Ufàrsu Làrà‘év
  16. ’Al Tifros
  17. Let Justice Run Down
  18. Kiddush
  19. Blessing After the Meal
  20. ’Or Khàdàsh
  21. Mizmor Shir I
  22. Circle Chant
  23. Sim Shàlom
  24. ‘Al Shloshàh Devàrim
  25. Refàh Nà’ Làh
  26. Refàh Nà’ Làh II
  27. ’Éshèt Khayil
  28. Tnu Làh Mipri Yàdèhà
  29. Shifchi Kamayim Libéch
  30. Sham‘àh Vatismakh Tsiyon
  31. ‘Àzi Vezimerat Yàh
  32. Blessing Before the Meal
  33. Yismekhu Hashàmayim
  34. Hallowing Our Namings
  35. Stepping Lightly
  36. The Berry Song
  37. Wings Span
  38. I Have a Million Nightingales
  39. Not By Might But With Love
  40. If Not Now
  41. If You Can Walk
  42. Roots and Wings
  43. ’Éli ’Éli
  44. Ve’érastich Li
  45. Libavtini
  46. Hashmi‘ini
  47. Haréh ’At
  48. Mizmor Shir II
  49. R’osh Khodèsh Candlelighting
  50. Blessing for Children
  51. Nitsanéi Shàlom
  52. Zog Maran
  53. Mayn Rue-Platz

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Other Albums With Songs by Linda Hirschhorn


Celebrate Peace CD The Power of Song The Canvas Remembers September 11 CD Open the Gates! CD Celebrate Passover CD
Celebrate
Peace

The Power of Song
The Canvas Remembers
September 11

Open the Gates!
Celebrate
Passover

2003
Craig Taubman
Craig 'n Co
2003
Brooklyn Women's Chorus
Bev Grant Music
2002
Various Artists
Disc Makers
2002
Robert Cohen
Sterling Media Productions
2000
Craig Taubman
Craig 'n Co


Night Passage CD Celebrate Hanukkah CD Winter Solstice Live CD Love's Ripening CD CARA 1998 CD
Night Passage
Celebrate
Hanukkah

Winter Solstice
Live

Love's Ripening
CARA 1998
2000
Libana
1999
Craig Taubman
Craig 'n Co
1999
Olympia's Daughters
1998
Straw Into Gold
1998
CARA


Circle of Women CD Listen and Remember CD Radiance to Pocket CD Speeney, Spawney, Go to the Moon CD
Circle of Women
Sing Out
For Justice

Listen and Remember
Radiance to Pocket
Speeney, Spawney
Go to the Moon

1997
Alice DiMicele
Earthbeat! Records
Alice Otter Music
1997
URJ Press
1997
Jo Salas
Tusitala Publishing
1996
Femme M'Amie
1995
Candy Forest
Sisters' Choice


Shabbat Morning Service CD Sounds of Creation CD
Sounds of Creation:
Genesis in Song

Shabbat Morning Service

Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton
1991
Randee Friedman
Sounds Write Productions


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