Personel
ALL MUSIC COMPOSITIONS BY AYELET ROSE GOTTLIEB
except Dissipating Discus (tr 8) composition by Ayelet Rose Gottlieb and DB Boyko; Produced by Ayelet Rose Gottlieb and DB Boyko
LEAD VOCALS: Ayelet Rose Gottlieb and Jay Clayton
Choeur Luna conducted by DB Boyko: Damaris Baker, Christiane Charbonneau (featured – tr 8), Seçkin Cinar (featured – tr 6), David Cronkite, Kathy Kennedy, Maya Kuroki (featured – tr 8 & 13), Cléo Palacio-Quintin, Stefani Recheshter, Vergil Sharkya’, Graham Webber
BAND: Eylem Basaldi – Turkish violin, Aram Bajakian – guitar, Stéphane Diamantakiou – upright bass, Ivan Bamford – drums
GUEST VOICES: Andrea Superstein (tr. 3 & 12), Bes Davies (tr 4), Eylem Basaldi (tr 6), DB Boyko (tr 6 & 8), Malika Zarra (tr 7), Yasmin, Maor & Maia Levavi (tr 7), Sofia Rei (tr 9), Aram Bajakian (tr 10), Shelly Mehari (tr 12) Kyoko Kitamura (tr 13)
Recorded and mixed by Padraig Buttner-Schnirer, Mastered by Chris Gestrin; Choeur Luna assembled with the help of Christine Duncan, Joan Hétu, and Kathy Kennedy;
Artwork by Sarit Evrani, Design by Dan Levi; We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Track Listing
Even an Ancient Vision Has its Moment of Birth
Lotte and the Moon | words: Anna Smaill (New Zealand)
Yare’ah | words: Nathan Alterman, chosen by Rachel Gottlieb (Israel) translated by: Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
Mond | words: Noemi Deslex (Switzerland)
Venus and the Moon | words: Bes Davies (Australia)
Imagine a Mammoth Glowing Pearl
Moon Story | words: Katie Bull (USA)
Patience | words: Sems-i Tebrizi, chosen by Nihan Devecioglu (Turkey)
Yasmoon’s Moon words L’Kamar: Malika Zarra (Morocco) words Yasmoon’s Moon: Yasmin, Maor and Maia Levavi
Side C: Dissipating Discus
Dissipating Discus | words: Birdie Lawson (USA); Shelly Mehari (Israel); Franny Silverman (USA)
Luna | words: Sofía Rei (Argentina / USA)
Moon Over Gaza words: Moon Over Gaza: Naomi Shihab Nye (Palestine / USA) words:
Almost Summer: Ayelet Rose Gottlieb (Israel / Canada) words: I Come From There: Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine)
translated by Anton Shammas, chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye
However Thin You Might Be, This Night You Illuminate
Tsuki | words: Kyoko Kitamura (Japan / USA)
Traveler Woman | words: Gem Salsberg (Canada)
Desert Moon | words: Shelly Mehari (Israel) translated by: Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
