What Are You Listening To?

[Leighton]

Oooooooooh!!

[DiveMilw]

Yesterday and today I have been listening to a LOT of October Project.  They are a band from the 90s which I love.  Their sound is unique.  They were often labeled as folk or folk rock but they blended styles.  I find their music so easy to listen to.  It has depth, interesting lyrics, and a great lead vocalist, Mary Fahl.  Mary left the band after two or three albums and the band broke up/went on hiatus.  (I'm really not sure exactly what happened.) Some members of the band were friends before the band and stayed friends after.  A few years ago they started making music again under the October Project name.  I think at one point they were using the name November Project.  Their album Book of Rounds didn't catch me at first but I have been hearing some songs courtesy of my smart speaker.  It has grown on me.  If I remember correctly, they are all Yale educated musicians. 

Did a quick search and the internet confirms that the three founding members of the band did meet while at Yale.  They have a theater tie-in:  In 1981 they were accepted as a team into the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, studying first with Lehman Engel and then Maury Yeston. Other students in that class included Michael John LaChiusa and Gerard Alessandrini.

Here are a couple of their songs so you don't have to go looking unless you want to hear more.