"Psalms" is a collection of new arrangement of Biblical psalms, sung in Hebrew by Salsburg with a backing band which includes Joan Shelley, Will Oldham, James Elkington and Spencer Tweedy. Salsburg, an archivist with the Alan Lomax Archive, says the project came of "a desire for some kind of rigorous and creative Jewish engagement, which came to take shape in the irregular practice of opening a bilingual Book of Psalms at random, scanning the English of a particular chapter for passages that resonated conceptually and emotionally, and scanned rhythmically. Copying those selections over to a separate page, then threading them into new melodies." Tracklist: 1. Psalm 1472. Psalm 193. Psalm 474. Psalm 905. Psalm 336. Eili, Eili (Zehavi) + Psalm 427. Psalm 1048. O You Who Sleep (Halevi) + Psalm 969. Psalm 111 About this product: this CD comes in a gatefold digipak.
