“Our Better Angels” Album Release, Gemstones in the Sun Movement Chaplains, Festival Center: Building a Space for Justice
Award-winning Azalea City Recordings artist, Washington Folk Festival favorite and long-time Church of the Saviour member Jesse Palidofsky teams up with an All-Star band featuring clarinetist/saxophonist Seth Kibel, violinist Christine Kharazian, bassist Bob Abbott and harmony vocalist/percussionist Rachel MorganIm for the Folklore Society of Greater Washington-sponsored livestream release of Jesse’s new recording, Our Better Angels–which was produced in Toronto by world class producer Ken Whiteley. Come celebrate hundreds of millions of Covid vaccination shots […]
Beyond Bounds – Feb. 18, 2021
“Music at its best… is the grand archaeology into and transfiguration of our guttural cry, the great human effort to grasp in time our deepest passions and yearnings as prisoners of time. Profound music leads us–beyond language–to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence.” –Cornel West, The Cornel West […]
“America the Beautiful”: 2020 Version
CoS singer/songwriter Jesse Palidofsky has written new verses for the well-loved song “America the Beautiful”, with 2020 in mind, and worked with some amazing musicians to perform it. This week he debuted a moving music video for the song. “Dear Friends, This has been a breathtakingly challenging year. Here is one humble-yet-fierce artistic offering for our […]
Rise Up – Apr. 16, 2020
Boston Children’s Chorus, in collaboration with Denver Children’s Choir, Children’s Chorus of Washington DC, Gondwana Choirs, Sydney, and Cincinnati Boychoir, presents “Rise Up” by Andra Day, spreading a message of hope and unity. And the children will lead…. Multiple children’s choirs – “Rise Up”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_YDpP-nU6w