Search - Jeremiah Lockwood :: The Nigun Project

Brooklyn musician Jeremiah Lockwood, front man for The Sway Machinery, collaborated with diverse partners from a wide variety of musical fields and genres to create 10 original nigunim, or songs (mostly) without words -- meditative and incantatory melodies to raise the spirits, transform the mundane into the holy and elevate the soul toward the divine. Crossing continents and genres, this imaginative collection of recordings is the product of Lockwood's yearlong appointment as artist in residence at The Forward. Lockwood, the son of composer Larry Lockwood and the grandson of the legendary Cantor Jacob Konigsberg, began his musical career playing on the streets of Manhattan. In addition to The Sway Machinery, Lockwood regularly performs with Piedmont Blues master Carolina Slim and New Mediterranean rock-reggae ensemble Balkan Beat Box, and composes for film and theater.