Zero Church Street in Cambridge, MA, is the address of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, founded by writer-playwright Anna Deavere Smith. Two years ago, Suzzy Roche spent time at the Institute where this CD of personal prayers set to music began as a project. The songs, sung with her sister Maggie Roche and others, are snaphots into deep corners of people’s lives and are open, honest and moving.
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Released: 1/22/2002
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| Zero Church |
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Suzzy Roche says she doesn’t quite know why she started to collect personal prayers from people to set to music.
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| Why Am I Praying |
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Suzzy Roche started collecting prayers from the community at the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at Harvard University, such as this one by Cromwell Schubarth.
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| Hallelujah |
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Frankie Harris has been living with the AIDS virus for 25 years and wrote this prayer of hope for people who are very ill.
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| Anyway |
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Suzzy Roches tells the curious story of this prayer that many people mistakenly thought was written by Mother Teresa.
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| New York City |
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Suzzy Roche, a New York resident, talks about the personal impact of 9/11 and how she came to write "New York City" for a memorial service.
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