Post-folk Experimental Meditation Acoustic band Sen Svaja from Vilnius, Lithuania, is one of those about which i could tell: they didn‘t ruin our folk-lore. Three hags (Dorotė Zdanavičiūtė, Živilė Rimšaitė and Agota Zdanavičiūtė) made their „Lullaby of Hags“ so clean and pure that one can think it‘s one of the best albums ever heard. This is the first time when the debut album is so exciting. Magic!

Then Eve went down into the water, as Adam had commanded her. Adam also went down into the water; and they stood praying; and besought the Lord to forgive them their offense, and to restore them to their former state. And they stood like that praying, until the end of the thirty-five days. (Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan)

Musician Raffaele Pezzella (1971) from Naples, Italy, talks about music, literature, life and many more.

The beginning of anything, whether great or small, connected with the footsteps of the Mashiach must be by the designated people, that is, the emissaries, messengers of the Above at the beginning of the Redemption, which will occur with designated deeds, designated activities. (Kol HaTor)

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The Vilna Gaon was sent from Heaven to reveal hints of the Torah regarding the footsteps of the Mashiach on the level that his forebears did not receive permission. Even the Holy Ari did not have such permission, because he lived hundreds of years before the beginning of “the time to grant it grace” [Ps. 102:14] and “the songbird’s time” [Song of Songs 2:12]. (Kol HaTor)

To my sympathetic and enthusiastic friends in Lietuva: I would like to come back again and again, to play and to meet all the nice people there! Music have always travelled, musicians meet, play and inspire each other, this is how music develops. Today you can travel and explore by internet and records to experience new music. So in the end it is up to your own aesthetics to shape the sound together and the way you introduce it live.

Spalio 16–18 dienomis Lietuvos muzikų sąjunga Birštone rengia pirmąją Didžiąją muzikos mugę. Jos tikslas – suburti Lietuvos ir užsienio akademinės muzikos renginių organizatorius, susipažinti ir pasidalinti patirtimi, aptarti problemas. Renginiai vyks sanatorijoje „Eglė“, Birštono kultūros centre ir kurhauze.

On th 11th of October, 2015, the project appeared out of nowhere. The main meaning of musical project SOVIET BUDDHA is: Meet Buddha Kill Buddha. It means that do not trust any wrong ideas, propaganda, do not be homo sovieticus, free your mind.

“Everything has its season, and there is a time for every desire” [Koh. 3:1]. According to the Gaon, the season and time accord with the desire, and that is what is meant by “every desire.” In the Talmud we note four sections regarding the mode of Redemption: a) If the people repent, they will be saved; otherwise, they will not be. b) If they do not repent, God will place a king over them whose decrees are harsher than those of Haman; so the Jews will repent and be saved. c) The redemption will come at first by the return of the captivity of Zion, even if there is only “one from a city or two from a family” [Jer. 3:14], according to Reb Yehoshua. This is what is meant by the Revealed End. d} The Redemption will come in any case at its designated time, which is referred to as “the concealed end.” However, beforehand one must consider that all of the views expressed are those of the Living God. Therefore the Gaon told us that we must progress and select the mode that is within our power, that is, the third mode. Should we accomplish this and fulfill this mode, then there will be no need for our Sages’ warnings regarding harsh decrees. Since the fulfillment will stimulate general repentance, there will be no need to set up a king whose decrees are harsher than Haman’s decrees. The revealed end will thus hasten the culmination of the Redemption. (Kol HaTor)

According to our Prophets and the Gaon’s explanations, the goal of the Redemption is the Redemption of Truth and sanctification of God; the purpose of our activity in general is to wage war against Armilus by gathering in the exiles and settling the Holy Land, for that is what will redeem the truth and sanctify God. This is what Isaiah means by the words “He has redeemed Jerusalem” (52:9), which is called the City of Truth [Zach. 8:3]. The Redemption of Truth can occur only after destroying the klipah shell/ layer of Esau that appears in the form of Armilus, the epitome of the truth-hater. Esau hates Jacob, the epitome of truth, as indicated in the statement “you will grant truth to Jacob” [Micah 7:20]. The goal of the redemption of truth is sanctification of God. (Kol HaTor)

The Gaon, whose name equals 52 in gematria, saw 52 holy hints which revealed his own destiny. (Kol HaTor)

As we stand on the threshold of the beginning of Redemption (when “the songbird’s time has arrived, ” which is the year 542 of the 6th Millennium), at the Vilna Gaon’s behest and with his holy blessing, and with the help of God, we are obligated to learn and understand all the paths of the footsteps of the Mashiach and the manner of future deeds, in accord with the mission and instructions of the Vilna Gaon. The Gaon merited being the light of Mashiach ben Yosef, in order to promote the ingathering of the exiles and to reveal the hints in the Torah regarding the footsteps of the Mashiach ben Yosef. He was therefore sent down from Heaven [this is based on the words, [Isa. 60:22] “the smallest will become a thousand, ” etc., and this hints at the number 999 which is in the sefira Yesod, and the root of the or elyon at the high level of the angel Metatron, who is the Angel of Interior. (Kol HaTor)

Album RelativE ResonancE (Skirl Records, 2015, DVD-Size Digipak, recorded May 25, 2014 at Tedesco Studios in Paramus, NJ) by American jazz drummer Devin Gray is a perfect piece of a contemporary/free/avant-garde jazz. “The New York Times” wrote about it such words: “Relative Resonance” is the second album by the drummer and composer Devin Gray, one of many younger experimentalists who have taken Mr. Threadgill’s example to heart. Due out on Skirl on Tuesday, it’s a batch of original tunes custom-made for a band with Chris Speed on tenor saxophone and clarinet, Kris Davis on piano and Chris Tordini on bass. Mr. Gray has a knack for making his formal convolutions feel blunt and inevitable, and his partners let the music breathe. They impart a hint of thrash-punk to a piece called “Notester,” and it’s no less credible than the flicker of Cecil Taylor in one called “Transatlantic Transitions.” (The group appears on Saturday at Greenwich House Music School.)” And here’s my interview with this terrific composer, drummer and thinker.

All this is the mission of the Rabbi Eliyahu, the Vilna Gaon, and at his directive. May his merit and blessing help us in all our paths, and may God complete the task for us. (Kol HaTor)