CURRENT NEWS
RECENT NEWS
Dec 05
Rick Recht has just completed three big projects. The first two are a live album and film both titled Shabbat Alive LIVE. Both are based on Recht's ever-popular Shabbat Alive service. The film, with an early November release date, includes interviews with teens and Jewish leaders highlighting their connection with Judaism through the Shabbat Alive experience. An accompanying curriculum has been created for educational purposes. The Shabbat Alive LIVE CD, with an October release date, is a collection of the musical selections from the service. The third project is a new Jewish rock album entitled, Tear Down The Walls. This album centers on themes of social justice and dismantling racism, and the CD booklet includes wonderful educational definitions and tips on ways to take action to breakdown racism in a community. The album also features special teen guests from African American, white, Jewish and Christian communities. Tear Down The Walls is part of an initiative launched by Rick Recht with the support of the Anti-Defamation League to educate teens and families about racism, discrimination, and prejudice and ways to create a safer and more welcoming environment for all people.
Sept 05
Rick Recht just completed his big What Feels So Right
2005 Summer Tour which took him from coast to coast. He is currently
wrapping up his fifth Jewish album titled Tear Down The Walls.
Tear Down The Walls deals with the challenges and necessities
of dismantling racism. During the production, Rick will be in Memphis
recording with Jewish Kids in the area combined with students at the
Stax Academy. This album is scheduled for release in the fall of 2005.
In early May, 2005, Recht filmed his Shabbat Alive service
at the United Hebrew Congregation in St. Louis, MO. The service and
associated interviews are currently being edited. When complete, two
thousand DVDs and VHSs will be distributed for free in the St. Louis
region. The video is intended to utilize as an educational tool and
a method to connect with those who for any reason cannot attend Shabbat
Services. A CD titled Shabbat Alive Live will also be released.
This disc will include musical highlights which capture the 'ruach'
from Recht's Shabbat Alive service.
July 05
Recht is finalizing funding for the long anticipated
documentary about Jewish Rock. The film's purpose is to show the importance
of connecting youth to Judaism through the power of Rock music, and
Recht's roll as the leader of this movement.
Rick is currently in the midst of his 2005 Summer Camp
Tour. This is his heaviest tour in years taking him from coast to coast.
Dec 04
Rick
Recht released his highly anticipated secular album
in mid-November of 2004. What Feels So Right is
Rick Recht's first secular release in over five years including
11 hits highlighting
Recht's
extraordinary
gift for creating pop, hook-laden, meaningful music for
the masses. This album is a beautiful compilation of songs
about
family,
love, success, and satisfaction. What Feels So
Right offers
fans an intimate glimpse into the personal side of Rick
Recht. Following
the tremendous popularity of Recht's hit song about Israel,
The Hope, fans began suggesting the need for a song for
America at
a time when Americans are beginning to struggle with similar
challenges Israel has faced for decades. Rick's rewrite
of The Hope, The Hope (America), really hits home and has
already
received
critical acclaim.
Also
in November, Rick Recht released his second songbook, Rick
Recht Songbook Volume 2. For those who own his first
songbook, Shabbat Alive!, this completes the
collection. Musical selections from Rick Recht's top-selling CDs
The Hope, Tov, and Free
To Be The Jew In Me are finally available
in this 32 song collection including 144 pages of fully
notated music, harmonies, vocal lines, guitar chords, and chord
charts. This book also includes a separate section of lyrics and
chords only
for all songs intended for songleaders and beginning musicians.
