released December 5, 2021

Elana Arian - vocals, guitar, violin, mandolin

with:
Ted Baker - piano, wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes
Ivan Barenboim - clarinet, bass clarinet, recorders
Benny Koonyevsky - drums, percussion
Dave Romano - double bass

featuring:
Noah Aronson - vocals (4, 5, 6, 10)
Julia Cadrain - vocals (1, 3, 4, 5)
Shayna De Lowe - vocals (4)
Jessie Reagen Mann - cello
Deborah Sacks Mintz - vocals (2, 4, 5, 9)
Chava Mirel - vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Dan Nichols - vocals (4, 5)
Bridget Robbins - ney (8)
Maya Kate Arian Simon - vocals (5)
Mike Visceglia - electric bass (2, 5, 10)

All songs by Elana Arian © + ℗ 2021 (Ironic Sneakers Music/ASCAP), except for Ever Open and We Return by Elana Arian + Noah Aronson © + ℗ 2021 (TinaTunaMusic/BMI)
Co-Produced by Elana Arian and Benny Koonyevsky
Engineered & Mixed by Kyle Cassel at Kaleidoscope Sound, Union City NJ
Mastered by Gene Paul
Photography by © Sasha Arutyunova
Design by Christopher McLaughlin
Hair and Makeup by Bijaní Casalan

Thank you
To my parents, Merri & Ramie, and my brother, Adam, for filling me to the brim with music and supporting me as I made my own.
To my wife, Julia, for listening deeply, always.
To Maya Kate, who teaches me every day about resilience and joy, and to Acadia Jean, who keeps us on our toes!
To Benny, Ivan, and Romano - my musical family for 15 years and counting - for the magical collaboration you brought to the studio each day, even behind glass and a KN95 mask.
To Noah, my always friend and sometime writing partner, for lending two of our songs to this record.
To Debbie, z”l, for seeing something in me that I didn’t see myself, and for being just nudge enough.

And to the over 240 of you whose incredible generosity made this record possible, including:

Executive Producers
Abby Pogrebin & David Shapiro, Cantor Vicky Glikin & Cantor Leslie Niren - Temple Emanu-El Dallas

Angels
Cantor Andrea Rae Markowicz & Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein - Am Shalom (Glencoe, IL), Cantor Tracey Scher & Rabbi Jeffrey Sirkman - Larchmont Temple (Larchmont, NY), Cantor Shayna De Lowe - Congregation Rodeph Sholom (New York, NY)

Patrons
Mom & Dad, Rabbi Nicole Auerbach, Cantor Josh Breitzer, David & Cindy Edelson, Caren Keller, Michele & Steve Klausner, Mark Leventhal, Sandy McCallion & Lisa Granik, Eliza Pertz & Jason Rudolph, Cantors Rachel Rhodes & Michael Shochet, Rabbi Ben Zeidman, Kathy & Fred Zaltas, Cantor Shanna Zell

Supporters
Cantor Sarene Appelbaum, Rabbi Craig Axler, Lianne Bassin, Cantor Chanin Becker, Ilene Berger, Craig Berko, Diane Cadrain & Joe Rubin, Cantor Galit Dadoun Cohen, Congregation Har Hashem of Boulder, CO, Bruce Cooper, Sharen Eidelberg-Spratt, Emily Eller, Dylan Fain, Barry Farber & Laurie Thomas, Rabbi Michael Farbman, Cantor Devorah Felder-Levy, Margery Fine & Rae Tattenbaum, Cantor Lucy Fishbein, Cantor Tracy Fishbein, Tracy Friend, Gaf, Lilia, Zavier & Elyssa Gaffin, Maestro Carlos Gamez, Rabbi Stuart and Ellyn Geller, Susan Bamel Glickman, Ellie Golden, Mia Gonzalez & Derek Kershaw, Melinda Gould, Cantor Mariel Guarrera-Ashkenazy, Joel M. Hoffman, Sally Hoffman, Dan & Vicki Horowitz, Cantor Brad Hyman, Cantor Zoe Jacobs, Howard Joines, Jeffrey Kagan, Cantor Rachel Kalmowitz, Anat Katzir, Jennifer & Peter Kitchin, Cantor Amanda Kleinman, Rabbi Stephanie Kolin & Jocelyn Berger, Harold Kolni, Cantor Vladimir Lapin, Rabbi Ari Lorge, Cantor Emma Lutz, Cantor Aviva Marer & Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Chava Mirel, Doug Mishkin & Wendy Jennis, Cantor Rebecca Moses, Esther & Craig Navias, Neta Froggy Nemesh, Rabbi Ethan Prosnit, Shari Reichenberg, Leah Rubin-Cadrain, Ed Saslaw, Jeremy Schwartz, Cantor Lisa Segal, Jill & Howard Sharfstein, Cantor Inbal Sharrett-Singer, Cantor Rollin Simmons, Jeremy Sosin & Rabbi Stacy Schlein, Danielle Schmelkin and family, Barbara & Ze’ev Schori, Cantor Dan Śinger, Rose Snitz, Cantor Howard Stahl, Ann Sterman, Cantor Alicia Stillman, Abbie Strauss, Laura Trachtenberg Strauss, Ruby, Eli, Eddie & Sam Strauss, Cantor Jodi Sufrin, Marianne Sussman, Temple B’nai Abraham of Livingston, NJ, Temple Emanuel of Tempe, AZ, Harvey Tessler, Hazzan Stephanie Weishaar, Rabbi Rachel Timoner, Cantor Lizzie Weiss, and Linda Zaro