- So much to be thankful for!
Hello and thank you for visiting our site. So much has been happening, most of which we aren't at liberty to share at this time, but we are grateful for all new beginnings and opportunities!
Our new website is in the works and we should be launching soon but most of what you need is available here or at Reverb Nation http://www.reverbnation.com/thelevins or www.myspace.com/levinsmusic So many networks! so little time...
But now it is time to enjoy family, friends, spending many moments thinking about what we are grateful for... and we are grateful for YOU! For visiting our site, supporting, listening, downloading, emailing, sending good vibes... Thank you!! We are grateful for you and feel very foruntate and blessed.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and those around you! Lots of love and all good things.... Ira and Julia
- The Levins at Limmud Coventry England 2010
- What and honor! The Levins have been asked to perform and present at Limmud Conference in Conventry England. So very exciting! Our performances include concerts, family and storytelling events.It is held at the University of Warwick in Coventry from Dec. 24th through Dec. 30th, 2010.They will have performances and presentations throughout the week from people all over the world. We are excited to sing amd meet and share and learn and listen.See the link for details. http://www.limmud.org/home/
The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL
Coventry, GB England UNITED KINGDOM
- 2010 Shalshelet Winner!
Happy to Announce that Lo Yisa Goi from The Levins release: 36 has won a Shalshelet Award!
The song will be featured at the 2010 Shalshelet International Festival in New York City. Very exciting!
This is our second Award from Shalshelet and we are honored to be a part of the festival. If you happen to be in town..December 4th-5th, 2010. www.shalshelet.org Julia will be in Kansas City with Vocolot but Ira will perform the song with a full choir, a piano and percussion during the concert.
DETAILS and TICKET INFORMATION:
us at Shalshelet’s Fourth International Jewish Music Festival on December 4-5 and experience the next generation of Jewish liturgical music with the debut of 57 original, cutting-edge compositions.
Saturday, December 4: 8 p.m.No Rock Like You: Songs for the Jewish Soul. A concert featuring 22 compositions performed by some of New York City’s top musicians and guest artists from the United States, Israel, Great Britain, Australia, and Canada.Sunday, December 5: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.Meet the Composer workshops. 35 new compositions not heard in the concert will be performed, and composers will contribute insights about their work. These intimate sessions are ideal for music lovers and professional musicians seeking new repertoire.Location: Congregation Ansche Chesed, 251 West 100th Street, New York CityTickets:
Advance tickets (until November 30): $20 (concert only); $30 (workshops and brunch); and $40 (concert, workshops and brunch). There will be an additional $5 charge for each event at the door. Tickets may be purchased via our secure website or by calling (212) 865-0600 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (212) 865-0600 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, ext. 242.Further Information: E-mail shalsheletfestival@gmail.com
- Links to The Levins MySpace and CD Baby
More music and information can be found on our myspace page! www.myspace.com/levinsmusic
Buy the actual CD's at CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TheLevins
To see the fun we have been having in NY and other new videos, check out our video page on our site here.
- Our First official NY gig
Sept. 26th, 2010
First Official NY gig
Our first official gig in NY was at the Warwick Valley Farmer’s Market. We felt right at home alongside the fine produce. We played Uncle Eye songs amidst a sea of strollers, kids with their Go Go pops and Soons’ fresh doughnuts with parents laughing and flapping their wings to Pollo Elastico . We played songs from our Barely Contained EP like Coffee, my Love that had vendors and couples dancing. We even pulled out Ale Brider which had many grandparents and others surprised and delighted to hear someone sing in Yiddish.
Even though people have been struggling with shifting economic unrest, the music in the air was taken in with the sunshine and it felt like photosynthesis. It wasn’t so much about Julia and I as the collective hope and joy that people are willing to embrace and become when the chance arrises. We made lots of new friends and got to savor the incredible horseradish pickles of The Farmer’s Daughter. It was a beautiful way to start.
- Landed and ...
Made it! Such a gorgeous nation we live in. A new soundtrack was necessary for each state. Check out the videos from our tour on the video page! Stay tuned and look for us in CA and NY in September....
We are officially releasing our Barely Contained EP on Sept. 11th in Berkeley, CA to help take back the date. Blue Skies and hope for America and the world!
- New EP release!
BARELY CONTAINED
The new EP Barely Contained was officially released on September 11th, 2010 in Berkeley, CA.
(We wanted to help take the day back with good feelings and gathering the community to sing.)
It is now available - ready for review, for listening and your purchasing pleasure at I-Tunes and at CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TheLevins (There is an I Tunes link here on our site under Music.)
You can also hear two tracks on our site and at our www.myspace.com/levinsmusic
- Barely Contained / i80 tour
in the midst! Trekking across the nation preparing for our upcoming shows and checking out the scenery! Visitng friends and family and meeting new folks along the way. Checking out the coffee....we're barely contained!
- The Levins : 36
- "The Levins have become luminaries on the Bay Area Jewish music scene..."
“Above all, The Levins’ harmonies recall the best of classic pop vocals… like
The Beatles, James Taylor and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.”
– Dan Pine- j. / the Jewish news weekly of Northern California
- The Levins World Folk Ensemble
- RADIO MAGICO: CD REVIEW 2010 by Serge Kozlovsky
There is a great joy and love in the music of The Levins ensemble. The Levins folk music speaks the universal language of hope and compassion.
The artists masterfully combines numerous ethnic instruments such as tabla, ney, bansuri Indian flute and various percussion with piano, keyboard, cello, violin, guitar and gentle vocals. As a result they create a very comfortable environment which harmonizes emotions and puts your mind in order. When you listen to this album you realize that the surrounding world is your good friend and we all are strongly connected in it.
In conclusion I could assert that My Friends Hafiz is just three-quarters of an hour of pure listening pleasure. This project is full of inspiring music of the open hearts.
