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| A New Beginning - CD Review - Jpost.com |
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www.jpost.com Aug. 9, 2006 9:52 | Updated Aug. 9, 2006 13:47 Jewish Disc Review By BEN JACOBSON LARRY KAROL A New Beginning (self-release) A rabbi at a Reform synagogue in Topeka, Kansas, for over 20 years, Larry Karol recently released this collection of original laid-back adult rock songs. Karol sings like the American Reform-movement rabbi he is: his sound lies somewhere between classical vocal production and relaxed everyman folk rock tunes. Over the past few years, his parents passed away, his son graduated from high school, and Karol himself celebrated a 50th birthday, so the life cycle - with all of its losses and exaltations - is clearly on the songmeister's mind. On "Wedding Blessing," Karol rewrites the traditional "Sheva Brakhot" sequence to with his own poetry, using nothing but a piano as accompaniment. "Gomeil," a duet with Angela Gold, sports some pleasant harmonies that evoke early Sixties Bob Dylan-Joan Baez arrangements. The hymnal "Circle Once More" and the atmospheric "V'hanchileinu" are each marked by spacious, sweeping arrangements with almost no percussion, an effective way of presenting their emotional content. On "Shivti," a busy bassline, a punchy beat and faint power chords lean towards heavier rock, but Karol's Gospel-like melody and Scott Leader's grit-free mixing keep the edge at bay. |
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