The Blog
Welcome to the Old Bones Odyssey Blog.
Geek out on our Album Liner Notes and read the stories behind the songs,
and watch as our story unfolds.
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These Walls Are Alive
“I want people to feel that they can change the world when they listen…” -Ellen Kaye
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The Journey
It’s a long and twisting road. Lots of stories, some discoveries, many mysteries remain.
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In The Studio
Here’s an inside look into our recording life working on Old Bones Odyssey the album.
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Repair With Gold
“I think most people are engaged in some form of world repair every day through the kindness towards those they love, towards strangers, in creating the work and the art that they do.”-Ellen Kaye
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Old Bones Odyssey
“…whose bones do we care about and whose bones do we abandon?” -Ellen Kaye
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Howland Live Show May 6. 2023
Images and video from our live show May 6, 2023 at Howland Cultural Center.
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The Amoeba – Ellen Kaye
“My old pal the Amoeba is my take on the mad ego inside us all …”-Ellen Kaye
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Neander Valley
“…we just have to do the work to make this world a safer place for everyone in it.”-Ellen Kaye
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Stardust At My Back
“That you could curse your destiny, upend it and walk away.”-Ellen Kaye
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The Unknown
“It is the saddest story ever told. With the boldest beginning. But the darkest flaw is in our making. ” -Ellen Kaye
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Sleeping Shadows Lullaby
“How it feels to have your heart filled to the brim with love and dread for your child.” -Ellen Kaye
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Lovers On Horseback
“The original letter was very plainly written…but it was enough to make me want to write this song.” -Ellen Kaye
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Buster Blue Eyes
“His blue eyes were always a little further down the road, drifting upon unseen waters.” -Ellen Kaye
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The RTR
“History in a nutshell told by a nightclub singer, not an historian.” -Ellen Kaye
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A Manhattan Fairy Tale
“I started telling this story a long time ago. For now I’ll let the song say it all.” -Ellen Kaye
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River Styx
“River Styx brings my time in Phoenix House on Hart Island to life. I was fourteen when I got there…I’m tackling my own story, the stories of abandoned people, of what it’s like to be left behind.” – Ellen Kaye
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Haunted Hart
“Haunted Hart is about a man I loved when I lived on Hart Island in 1974…these are my memories of him. And the ghosts of Potter’s Field.”-Ellen Kaye
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Your Oyster
“…the sense of no clocks, endless days, just rolling on forever in a blissful state.” – Ellen Kaye
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Maxfield Parrish Sky
“For all the past beloved summer days and nights and all the radiant ones yet to come.” – Ellen Kaye
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The Amoeba – Ethan Fein
“When Ethan and I finished writing this tune I knew I had to hear him sing it.” – Ellen Kaye
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We recorded parts of “Ghost Lineage,””Buster Blue Eye...
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“Claudia Catania @claudia.catania.75 has been my voice tea...
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“Claudia Catania @claudia.catania.75 has been my voice tea...
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