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| Ross M. Levy - News & Reviews |
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Jerusalem Post Review of Where The Future Lies
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ROSS M. LEVY
Where the Future Lies
An alumnus and former leader of Reform youth group NFTY's New Jersey region, Ross M. Levy went on to study Judaism at the University of Hartford and to tour the US with a secular alternative band called Palindrome. Now serving as the Director of Student Life at the high school of Philadelphia's trans-denominational Gratz College, Levy recently released Where the Future Lies, which he spent some two years creating.
Descended from the tribe that provided musical accompaniment to services at the ancient Temple in Jerusalem, Levy here intersperses key phrases from the liturgy with his own interpretive verses. Largely built around selections from the Sabbath prayerbook, Future explores a microcosm of Jewish themes through the sonic prism of contemporary folk-pop - although he does deviate from the template on the Hammond-heavy "Light of God," the swirly synth-laden "The Sign" and "Mirror," which sports a punchy bass line, growled vocal delivery and an island-y steel drum backing part. But the meat of Where the Future Lies is grounded in selections like Levy's own "Shma" and the opening empowerment-themed "Im Ein Ani Li / Stand Tall."
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