“Your songs are well done – a great delivery system for sharing your unique (and uniquely Jewish) point of view. Hatzlacha rabbah.” —Peter Himmelman, ASCAP-winning film/TV composer, singer-songwriter, recording artist, corporate trainer
“From silly to sweet, tender and imagery-evoking…. strong songwriting and clever rhymes.” –Joanie Leeds, GRAMMY-winning recording artist/songwriter, JRR artist
“inspirational, educational, historical and sometimes just plain fun” —Jose Antonio Ponce, Songwriter, author, actor, and long-time producer of the New Mexico Music Awards
“Larry Lesser is a rebbe sharing a beautiful Torah in tune, and doing it with passion, wisdom, and love – of all Jews, of the entire tradition, and genuine appreciation of how each of us journeys with it” —Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, President, CLAL (The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership)
“Many of us have been traveling down this path of the initial ‘Judaism doesn’t seem cool or relevant or deep or spiritual’ with the eventual spoonful of the real taste, where we peel back the bad PR to see Judaism for what it really is – the ultimate in all of the aforementioned adjectives. Your music certainly echoes that.” —Becky Tahel Bordo, director of award-winning documentary American Birthright
“His music not only creates the setting for his poetic messages, it also lifts the spirit. Larry’s thoughtful words shaped by Jewish ideals and values inspire thought and self-reflection.” —Rabbi Jerome M. Epstein, CEO Emeritus of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and President of NACOEJ
“The music rocks and the meaning rolls…. Reflect and enjoy!” —Alan Morinis, Founder of the Mussar Institute
“engages those new to Jewish learning or observance as well as those with long histories of loving and learning Judaism. The songs can be readily used to spark, apply, or reinforce Jewish learning – and they’re fun to listen to!” —Rabbi Eli Gewirtz, Director of Partners in Torah
“The depth of his songwriting, social consciousness, Jewish awareness, and his legendary sense of humor makes him a true standout in the canon of Jewish contemporary music.” —Rabbi/Cantor Robbi Sherwin, past President of the Women Cantors’ Network, JRR artist, member of Sababa
“These songs are rich in Torah-Jewish content and values in a very adorable and unique style. I marveled over your ability to express so beautifully the words of our Sages Z”L from the Talmud and Mishnah and you capture the essence of their deep meanings with your incredible lyrics.” —Rabbi Shmuel “Torah Fiddler” Geller, Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Yaakov Yeshiva (in Zichron Yaakov, Israel)
“songs are grounded in amazing midrashim! … Glad to have new music to share as teaching tools!” —Rabbi Josh Warshawsky, nationally-touring Jewish educator, musician, songleader, and composer, JRR artist
“Very few create and share powerful music which also inspires the listener to follow them down the deep well of Jewish knowledge like Larry does….. no matter how you engage with Jewish tradition (or don’t)!” –Rabbi Ben Zeidman, Temple Mount Sinai (El Paso)
“There are some lovely delicate moments in your chord structures and expression that simply don’t happen with a flatpick. The textures you’ve chosen seem almost reflective of where you live in a hard-to-pin-down way – that’s cool.” —Beth Hamon, Jewish educator, JRR artist, songleader, and cantorial soloist
“The music brings the characters, ideals and lessons of Judaism alive.” —Karen I. Treiger, author of the award-winning book My Soul is Filled with Joy: A Holocaust Story
“witty lyrics and really nice guitar riffs as well!” —Ari Lesser (no relation), Jewish rapper and spoken word artist
“a warm and thoughtful communicator” —Rabbi Tzvi Gluckin, speaker, educator, author, recording artist, guitarist, music journalist
“A unique blend of things that you value brought forth in cleverness, humor and tenderness.” —Nance Pettit, recording artist and healing arts practitioner
“so much variety. And so much heart…The world needs to hear your message.” —Joy Jordan, national award-winning educator and mindfulness teacher
“new genre of Jewish music…. emphasizes Jewish texts while going beyond narrow denominational interpretation…. quite unlike most Jewish music collections” —Aaron Howard, in the Jewish Herald-Voice, Houston’s Jewish weekly newspaper
“Each song is very different. You hook the listener as soon as the laser touches the disc…the music is just incredible.” —Louie Saenz, on his February 21, 2020 show on NPR-station KTEP-FM
“like a maggid singing stories” —Mitch Gordon, on his March 22, 2020 Shirim program, WCUW-FM
“the folky tunes transcend denomination. Some are thoughtful reflections…while others…are playful romps.” —Jennie Latson, Rice [University] Magazine
“heartfelt and educational” –Kosherfest founder Menachem Lubinsky, in KosherToday
“deep, thoughtful, and sometimes funny songs” —David Kimmelman, The Jewish Voice, paper of El Paso, TX community