Gaya Feldheim Schorr

music (& other things)

unless mentioned otherwise - all artwork and photos were made by Gaya Feldheim Schorr © 2020

I Have Considered The Lilies by Gaya Feldheim Schorr, released 23 April 2020 1. There Is a Vine 2. Some Of The Marbles Fell Out 3. The Man In The Sky 4. Nothing Unless Good 5. The Playboy Of The Western World 6. Empty Pocket Waltz 7. Father Neptune 8.

Disappearing in 1974, folk musician and songwriter Connie Converse left behind a unique, wistful and haunting body of work that for many years remained unheard. "I Have Considered The Lilies" is Gaya Feldheim Schorr’s blooming reimagination of Connie's music, reli(e)ving her enigma through stories and melodies beautifully interwoven. Alongside a group of cult-favorite Brooklynite collaborators including Grey Mcmurray (guitar), Tal Yahalom (guitar), and Eva Lawitts (bass), Gaya invites the listener into the intimate world of Converse’s songs, poems, and ontological wrestlings, with equal doses of warmth and melancholy.

In collaboration with visual artist Andres Gurwicz, the album is accompanied by a booklet comprised of Connie’s short biography, album lyrics, texts, and liner notes, alongside Andi's artworks. Throughout the booklet, Connie’s words will be printed in her own handwriting - featuring the “Connie Converse” Font, taken from her handwritten notes and letters and specially made for this project.

Check out the “Lilies” tab for our online booklet. Released April 2020, available everywhere.

Album credits:

Compositions, lyrics and words by Connie Converse
Production, and research by Gaya Feldheim Schorr.

Artwork, booklet & "Connie Converse" font made by Andres Gurwicz

Gaya Feldheim Schorr - voice, electronics + guitar (4,12) rhodes (4), harmonium (7)
Grey Mcmurray - guitar (1,3,6,7,8,9,10,14), voice (9)
Tal Yahalom - guitar (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,14), voice (9)
Eva Lawitts - bass (1,6,7,8,9,11,14), electronics (11), voice (9) and Adam O'farrill - trumpet (7)

Produced by Gaya Feldheim Schorr & Daniel Bloch
Mixed and mastered by Daniel Bloch
Engineered by Chris Krasnow & Eva Lawitts at Wonderpark Studios, with additional engineering by Daniel Bloch at Soda Aroma Studios.
Brooklyn, NY 2019

Trouble by Gaya Feldheim Schorr, released 10 April 2020 (Trouble, or "Ever Since We Met", 1950-1951) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ever since we met, The world's been upside down. And if you don't stop troubling me You'll drive me out of town. But if you go away, As trouble ought to do, Where will I find another soul, To tell my trouble to?

Empty Pocket Waltz by Gaya Feldheim Schorr, released 27 March 2020 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shall we dine out, my dear, And dance the night away? Don't say you're tired; You know you haven't worked all day. We paid the rent finally, And we're free to be be free.

CONNIE-OBSESSION 101:

Buy or stream How Sad, How Lovely, Connie’s reel-to-reel recordings made in her New York apartment between 1951-1955, part of her “guitar songs” collection. Miraculously and carefully restored & released by Daniel Dzula & David Herman at Squirrel Thing Recordings.

Listen to Walking In The Dark, a special edition of WNYC's Spinning On Air with David Garland, featuring Gene Deitch - who knew and recorded Connie during her time in New York.

(Connie performing at CBS Morning Show, 1954. Photo by Phil Converse, Connie’s brother, capturing her reflection on his TV during the live broadcast. Developed, printed and scanned from his negatives for the first time by Gaya, 2019).