Rainbow
Artists Guild,
BMI, is the publishing and production company for the music of Barbara
A. Taft and Abraham Davidson. Both songwriters and performers, the
couple records and performs in the three distinct musical personalities
listed below:
The
songs are mellow and melodious, written around the themes of personal
and planetary peace as well as spiritual unfoldment. While Barbara
and Abraham strive to express a spirituality that transcends any
one sectarian faith, the songs have often been presented in progressive
churches and synagogues.
When
Barbara and Abraham jump into a phone booth and don their Western
garb, they are magically transformed into Princess and the Cowboy,
and ride out to prove that they can get down and hoe down with
the best of the Texas troubadours. Despite the pure Texas twang,
many of the songs have a mystical edge. Enlightened fun!
The
words mean Heartsong in Hebrew, and it is the name Barbara and
Abraham have chosen to distinguish their Jewish persona. The songs
are soulful and heartfelt, most of them original melodies, many
performed in both English and Hebrew, many employing the minor
keys used in traditional Jewish music. But Shirat Ha Lev’s
repertory also includes joyful new songs, entirely in English,
in major keys, written around Jewish themes.
Although
no Yiddish songs appear on their album, Ha’l’luyah,
Barbara is noted for her provocative interpretation of Yiddish
songs in concert.
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