Dumiyah

Like spiritual honey, this album of original songs by Basya Schechter and her band, Pharaoh’s Daughter, is smooth and pleasing. The synthesis of American folk, New Age, Renaissance, electronic, Middle East and Eastern Europe creates a powerful meditative feeling. Songs of faith, petition and praise reframe ancient texts as familiar as “Adon Olam” and “Maoz Tzur” as well as lesser-known piyyutim like “Dumiyah.”