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Listen to The Five Obstructions

In Nick Brooke's class, The Five Obstructions, 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"