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lee penn sky

2/13/2020

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​Lee Penn Sky (from the album Lean into the Letter available as a self-release)
The liner notes for Lean into the Letter contain a thank you note written from grandson Lee Penn Sky to Grandma Sadie. A letter found in his grandmother’s purse was the key that unlocked Lean into the Letter, the songs stories of those lost in the holocaust inspired by the message from a surviving relative who had relocated to Israel. The title track introduces Jacov Nistel, a man who lost his entire family and his homeland, his story alive through a relative, Lee Penn Sky, who not only speaks for an uncle, he represents six million lost voices. Traveling to find missing pieces in his family history, Lee Penn Sky heard tales handed down between generations, translating the words into songs of defiance (“Jumped from the Train”), and love in wartime (“One in a Million”) as a marching beat parts the mists of time (“Hellelujah”) and desert divisions stretch out into one long conflict (“Dead Sea is at a Boil”).
The stories of Lean into the Letter play free and loose with legends, the backdrop of Israel providing a mystical tone in “Worry About Gomorrah” as the storyline blurs lines between the past and today. Lee Penn Sky gives the tracks guidance with his retelling of a relative’s troubles as the violent times in the Holy Land of today are discussed when Lean into the Letter weighs in on political and religious tension. Mortality is juggled as the story in “A Penny Saved” gets its drama accented with crisp trumpets blasts while Lee Penn Sky backs his words with the music a solitary guitar in “Walk Away from My Garden”.
Listen and buy the music of Lee Penn Sky from AMAZON
 
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