We recorded the whole torah. A music-video for every portion, recorded all over New York City, with the poetry of James Stone Goodman set inside the Arabic scales called Maqam. The Sephardi communities ascribe a musical scale to every portion in the torah.
# 45 —Vaetchanan
Carriage House rooftop in the West Village. Check out the rest of the portions on YouTube, or at www.theMaqamProject.com
L’Oud and the Abstract Truth
We selected the choice tracks for a double-disc recording. The artwork for the project was created from the 15th century maps of Ottoman naval commander, Piri Reis, loaned to us by the Walters Museum in Baltimore.
