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Listen to The Five Obstructions

In Nick Brooke's class, , 12 songwriters challenge each other to rewrite their songs in unique ways. Haiku? Disco? Blast beats? Stratocaster? All of that and more.

The Five Obstructions

  • Track 00 -- Nick Brooke, "Introduction"
     
  • Track 01 -- Willy Giambalvo '20, "Goddamn"
     
  • Track 02 -- Maddy Wood '22, "Living In Lavender"
     
  • Track 03 -- Lynne Scharf '23, "Land of the Living
    ft. Bruce Williamson on sax, Sam Clement '08 on guitar, Henry Munson '21 on double bass
     
  • Track 04 -- Jann Moreno '21, "I Do It For You"
     
  • Track 05 -- Izzy Ioffreda '21, "Project 18"
     
  • Track 06 -- Imani Lewis-Shirley '20, "Death of a Cowboy"
     
  • Track 07 -- Henry Munson '21, "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (Reconstruction)"
     
  • Track 08 -- Eli Bayes '23, "Oxygen, Dearly You"
     
  • Track 09 -- Casey Loehr '21, "Ne Zha"
     
  • Track 10 -- Willy Giambalvo '20, "Gloucester Theme Seven"
     
  • Track 11 -- Maddy Wood '22, "Housewives"
     
  • Track 12 -- Lynne Scharf '23, "Circle Day"
     
  • Track 13 -- Jann Moreno '21, "The Cowboy Song"
     
  • Track 14 -- Izzy Ioffreda '21, "One Long Flow"
     
  • Track 15 -- Imani Lewis-Shirley '20, "Know U"
     
  • Track 16 -- Eli Bayes '23, "Seams"
    ft. Nathaniel Parke '92 on cello
     
  • Track 17 -- Casey Loehr '21, "Some Cheesy Love Song About a Crush"
     
  • Track 18 -- Annabelle McLennan '21, "Stretching"
     
  • Track 19 -- Izzy Ioffreda '21, "Rux"