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
Renegade

“it was America in 1974. Not like anything else.” -Ellen Kaye
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
The RTR

“History in a nutshell told by a nightclub singer, not an historian.” -Ellen Kaye
Buster Blue Eyes

“His blue eyes were always a little further down the road, drifting upon unseen waters.” -Ellen Kaye
Lovers On Horseback

“The original letter was very plainly written…but it was enough to make me want to write this song.” -Ellen Kaye
Sleeping Shadows Lullaby

“How it feels to have your heart filled to the brim with love and dread for your child.” -Ellen Kaye
The Unknown

“It is the saddest story ever told. With the boldest beginning. But the darkest flaw is in our making. ” -Ellen Kaye
Stardust At My Back

“That you could curse your destiny, upend it and walk away.”-Ellen Kaye