We’re an evolving project of discovery.

Our ideas, our music, our web pages, all in motion.

We’re history lovers, mostly storytellers.

Our thoughts and ideas are the bones we leave behind.

backstory

"the past is never past"

“Connecting the dots, through the years, always a challenge. From “Memoirs Of A 14 Year Old Hitchhiker” to “Phoenix Rising” , “From Harlem to Hart Island” to “Old Bones Odyssey” – “telling your own story is a twisting turning road.” – Ellen Kaye

early and new "old bones odyssey"

"memoirs of a 14 year old hitchhiker"
steve mcgraw's, nyc - 1990's

"hitchhiker part 1"
November 19th, 1993

Hitchhiker - Part 1

12 Videos

“(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night”

4:31

“Ol’ 55” - 1993

3:52

“On the run with a serial killer on the loose” - 1993

0:41

“Burma Shave” - 1993

5:57

“There’s a serial killer out there!” - 1993

0:31

“120 mph on a motorcycle through snowfall mountains” - 1993

0:31

“Saying goodbye to the road, heading home” - 1993

0:26

“On the road with the bullwhip artist” - 1993

3:11

“On the road, looking for boomtowns” - 1993

1:31

“San Diego Serenade” - 1993

3:01

“Adios Boston”- Stories from the Road - 1993

2:09

“Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac w/Susan Michelson)” - 1993

5:07

"phoenix house dress rehearsal"
steve mcgraw's, nyc - 1994

Phoenix House Dress Rehearsal

10 Videos

“Losing Hector To Potter’s Field” - 1994

1:32

“Could you raise the standards of recruitment? - 1994”

2:19

“How I learned to be a second story man” - 1994

3:17

“Walking into the dawn” - 1994

0:50

“I need to learn the meaning of life” - 1994

3:21

“After 6 months on the island, running away on St. Patty's Day,1974” - 1994

2:11

“Potter’s Field - I’d never seen a yellow bus with bars on the windows” - 1994

1:29

“Last thing he needed was jailbait” - 1994

0:32

“I call it shock therapy” - 1994

1:19

“I just came back from running away from home” - 1994

1:07

"in a storybook"
steve mcgraw's, nyc - 1990

“This was one of my favorite songs when i was a little girl, it’s stuck with me ever since. It’s from the children’s show “The Prince And The Pauper”. I actually still have the the same record. It’s traveled with me through the years.” – Ellen Kaye

Spring Fever

1 Videos

“In A Storybook” Ellen Kaye at Steve McGraw’s - 1990

3:55

"diamonds on my windshield"
metropolitan room, nyc - august 2017

"old bones odyssey" workshop
colab goshen, ny - 2020

old bones odyssey - the album
2021 - 2023

howland cultural center
may 2023

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Ellen C Kaye

Singer/songwriter, producer, podcast maker, mom, born and bred in NYC. Night Club singer at heart.