UPDATE: Photos are at ColLive.com here.

Last night in crown Heights there was a release “farbrengen” for Benny Friedman’s CD. I’m waiting for the pictures which will be on ColLive.com, who sponsored the event. Very exciting stuff!

Here is a first hand report by someone who was there:

from The Real Shliach:

I got a call from Benny Friedman on Friday inviting me to a CD release party/farbrengen on Motzei Shabbos (that would be the night that was). I accepted, and Motzei Shabbos (of the night that was) found me at Lubavitch Yeshiva Crown St. at my first ever CD release party. Woohoo! First of all, of course, the CD was playing very loudly, and it sounds great. Very catchy.

After a while of standing on the side feeling awkward I went over to a bochur who was doing the same thing. Turns out he’s e’s and Dowy’s roommate, which is cute. We chatted a bit, doing some people watching. Everyone who’s anyone in the under-30 music business was there, including Benny Taubenfeld (head of Sameach Music) Yitzy Spinner, Dovid Stein, Yisroel Werdyger, Shloime Taussig, Avi Newmark (the producer), Sruli Meyer, and a whole bunch of other people who I don’t know. Eventually Benny took the mike, and with Mr. Benshimon (yes, I must admit, I don’t know his first name) on the keyboard, started to sing beautifully. He sang some duets, including Chasoif with Yisroel Werdyger, which he prefaced with, “I hope you’re all drunk by now, because we’ve kind of forgotten how this goes.” Needless to say, it was really nice.