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SoulAviv: Liat Wasserman, Rob Raede, Jamie Green and Roxanne Morganstern.
Singing On A Prayer
Quartet brings soulful music to town.
Suzanne Chessler
Contributing Writer
There's an up-tempo, happy beat, and
it creates a soul connection. Motown
sounds have been a great way to get
ring Us Home" is a song
people to sing, clap and smile along."
written by SoulAviv, a
The group usually performs 12-15
Jewish music quartet
songs at each appearance, including
based in California and entertaining
selections they did not write but are
Saturday evening, Feb. 25, at Oak Park
appropriate for their programs. At
Congregation Beth Shalom's Cabaret
Cabaret Shalom, there also will be a
Shalom. The group will also perform
dessert reception with gourmet coffees
at Friday night Shabbat services Feb.
and teas.
24 at Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy.
"We sing about making the world
The song, taken from a transla-
a better place and healing our
tion of the Hebrew "Traveler's Prayer:'
souls, ourselves and the world:' says
is infused with a mixture of today's
Wasserman 45, the granddaughter of a
musical sounds and is specifically
rabbi and a cantor. Her vocal interests
appropriate to entertainers who know
began while she grew up in Israel,
what it means to hit the road.
and she went on to study voice at the
"The original prayer, often car-
Eastman School of Music in New York.
ried in wallets and pockets, is recited
SoulAviv was formed five years ago,
before family members or friends
after Wasserman and Raede met at a
go on long trips," explains Liat
synagogue program and talked about
Wasserman, a soprano who writes lyr- their musical backgrounds. They felt
ics for prayer adaptations.
that Jewish prayers were too passive
"The prayer asks God to keep people . and could use some "spicing up:'
safe, and I worked on the song with
They met Green, a percussionist and
Rob Raede, who sings, plays guitar and
dance teacher, through a music network
writes melodies for the group. I took the
in Santa Barbara. Morganstern replaced
Hebrew words of the prayer and reinter-
another member two years ago, bring-
preted them so that they could be sing-
ing techno and gospel interests.
able and would have a rhyming effect.
"Our most recent recording is Soul
"We came up with a slow ballad, and
Service," Wasserman says. "It's our
I actually sing the lead."
way of conducting the Friday night
The group, which includes singers
Shabbat service.
Jamie Green and Roxanne Morganstern,
"Our upcoming project has to do
brings English, Hebrew and Yiddish
with the changes in the music indus-
into their material. All the members
try, moving away from CDs to online
have entertained independently.
performances. We are committed to
"We've combined a lot of influences
introducing a new song every couple
from American music, including soul,
of months that we will share with our
gospel, folk, Israeli and Motown," says
[future] friends on Facebook.
Wasserman, whose ensemble has
"The SoulAviv goal is to connect
appeared at a synagogue event in East
with fans through private concerts.
Lansing and a house party in subur-
We'll issue a release time, asking fans
ban Detroit.
to pay to see us in real time, and we're
"The Motown sound brings the joy-
doing more writing, arranging and
fulness of a period of American music. choreography to get ready for that."
B
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SoulAviv entertains 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Congregation Beth
Shalom, 14601 Lincoln, Oak Park. $15 per person/$25 per couple.
Reservations: (248) 547-7970. The group also will perform at Shabbat
evening services 7:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Congregation Shir Tikvah,
3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy. Free. (248) 643-4418.