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Ashamnu, meaning trespassed or gone astray, the prayer Ashamnu is a list of public confessions sung by the congregation on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In this version, I am the ba’al t’quia, literally the master blaster, but realistically just another guy putting some air through a ram’s horn with hopes of something emanating that I intended to hear. This piece features Marc Ribot on guitar, Brad Jones on bass, Tony Lewis on drums, and Paul Shapiro on tenor sax and shofar.