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Rav Shmuel has a beard and sidelocks and loves The Grateful Dead! He does not see an inconsistency between these two identities. Rav, who has taught Jewish Philosophy and Talmus at various Universities, has also toured the USA with Gelfiltefish, his first stateside band, playing sold-out parking lots before and after Phish shows.Born in Brooklyn, Rav spent seven years in Jerusalem teaching by day and playing in the clubs at night. Rav moved back to New York in 2001, quickly becoming a house favorite at The Sidewalk Café, which has produced such stars as Beck, Hamell On Trial and The Moldy Peaches.So what we’re talking about here is a forty-somethingOrthodox Rabbi with six kids who is currently rockingout the East Village’s freshest scene and will soon berocking out the world!
Matisyahu might get all the pop culture credit, being the first Hasidic rapper and all, but his album isn't actually all that interesting once one gets past the novelty aspect. On the other hand, the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Rav Shmuel's solo debut is an immediately likable bit of good-humored anti-folk that doesn't require the visuals -- or even the knowledge that, yes, Rav Shmuel really is a Hasidic rabbi -- to get across. Musically reminiscent of everyone from Barenaked Ladies (Rav Shmuel has a certain vocal resemblance to Steven Page) to Jack Johnson to the Moldy Peaches' Adam Green, Protocols is a likably shaggy folk-pop record filled with catchy acoustic guitar-based tunes and thoughtful but not hectoring lyrics. "Fatherland" is the most overtly spiritual song, with lyrics that question faith, but only in the same way that a devoted Star Wars fan will debate the specifics of whether Han or Greedo shot first. In other words, this is not a heavy record by any means, nor is it thematically forbidding for Gentiles. Much like the old slogan for Levy's Rye Bread used to say, you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy Rav Shmuel, but a fondness for laid-back, AAA folk-rock sure helps. (Also, extra points for the gutsy Elders of Zion joke implied in the title.) ~ Stewart Mason
Personnel: Michael Ferrentino, Andres Karu.
RavShmuel Protocols Songs | 1. | Dumb World |
| 2. | Somebody Else |
| 3. | Big Talkers |
| 4. | I Feel Love |
| 5. | Protocols |
| 6. | Realistic X |
| 7. | Last Chance |
| 8. | Confused |
| 9. | Social Suicide |
| 10. | Itinerant Plea |
| 11. | I Am Oxygen |
| 12. | Fatherland |
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