{"id":140,"date":"2011-02-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/2011\/02\/the-sway-machinery.html"},"modified":"2011-02-10T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T01:00:00","slug":"the-sway-machinery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/02\/the-sway-machinery.html","title":{"rendered":"The Sway Machinery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was listening to my local NPR station (WHYY&nbsp;in Philadelphia) this evening and heard a remarkable interview with Jeremiah Lockwood who fronts the band The Sway Machinery. Based in Brooklyn, New York, it takes traditional Jewish cantorial music (chanted in synagogue by a song leader known as a cantor) and sets it to rhythms that reach to the heavens. At turns, funky, soulful, mesmerizing; the music speaks in a universal language.&nbsp; Lockwood comes by his musical chops naturally. His grandfather was Cantor Jacob Konigsberg.&nbsp; He shared in the interview that his grandfather&#8217;s presence&nbsp;remains with him when he composes and performs.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps his grandfather had some influence in the band getting booked to play at the Festival of the Desert in Timbuktu, Mali. What makes it such a powerful event, was that it offered them an opportunity to bridge the world&#8217;s of Judaism and Islam, since Mali is a predominantly Muslim country.&nbsp; When he found to be a commonality, was a reverence for family tradition and influence. While there, they collaborated with Malian artist Khaira Arby, the proclaimed &#8220;queen of desert music. Her deeply resonating voice can be heard on his new album, <em>The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. I,<\/em> so called because he indicated that there was so much music, that a Vol. 2 was in the offing.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"nd\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clashtalk.com\/celebrities\/274450\/The-Sway-Machinery:-Finding-Inspiration-In-The-Desert\">www.clashtalk.com\/celebrities\/274450\/The-Sway-Machinery:-Finding-Inspiration-In-The-Desert<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;click on this link and then click on npr.org for the interview and music samplings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"nd\"><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was listening to my local NPR station (WHYY&nbsp;in Philadelphia) this evening and heard a remarkable interview with Jeremiah Lockwood who fronts the band The Sway Machinery. 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