ISLAND SONG
Island Song is a song cycle about isolation and connection in contemporary urban life. What are boundaries when people you’ve never met are inches away? How do you know what you want in a place with so many options? How do you cut through all the noise to make and keep a connection with someone else? This mosaic of songs tells the stories of people making it through the day and night in the city and all their painful, beautiful, and funny experiences along the way.
We have developed the songs in this piece through a number of concerts and cabarets from late 2009 to the present. Below are some of these performances.
Traffic Island Song
Wall Lovin’
After Hours
Dancing in Pairs
Stay Awhile
So Far From Pennsylvania
Take a Step
So Many Windows
Shoulders Down
Temp Job
CBT
Make It Here
Sing, But Don’t Tell
Savin’ It
Snapshot in My Memory
Grown Up Now
TMI (The Over-Sharing Song)
Too Much