Music
Putting Music to Tennyson’s “Ulysses”
The song uses as lyrics the highlighted section of the fourth stanza. Poem by A. L. Tennyson, 1833. Music by Deborah Stokol, April 22, 2012 Recorded, sung, and played by Deborah Stokol (“hard roads” sound on Alesis Q-88), May 17, 2012 Ulysses Ulysses It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an agèd... »
Piano improvisation with a Noir-Nostalgia-Musical Quoting Bent
An improvised piece that borrows from a 1930’s and ’40s L.A. Noir sound, a nostalgic one, and another that uses the chords present (or similar to the ones found in) in Chick Corea’s “Senor Mouse” and W.G. Snuffy Walden’s theme to 1990’s show, “My So-Called Life”. Piano by Deborah Stokol, January 2011. Noir/Nostalgia/Senor Mouse quote-Stokol... »
Can’t Help Loving Dat Man of Mine, Cover
An interpretation of the old Showboat standard. Singing and piano by Deborah Stokol, 2001. Recorded at the Colburn School. Can’t Help Loving Dat That Man of Mine, Deborah Stokol 2001 Cover »
Alice in Wonderland
A cover of Bill Evans’ Alice in Wonderland, played by Deborah Stokol, and recorded December 2001 at Los Angeles’ Colburn School of Music. Alice in Wonderland, Deborah Stokol 2001 cover »
I Walk out on the Streets I used to Know so Well
An improved piece about coming home after being gone for awhile. I Walk on all the Streets I used to Know so Well Piano , singing, words, by Deborah Stokol, January 23, 2011. I walk out on the streets I look and see the places I used to know so well. Nothing looks the same, but nothing’s changed Maybe– I’m the one who’s... »
Moonage Daydream-Improvised Cover
An improvised, and rough, cover of the David Bowie classic. Moonage Daydream Piano, singing, Deborah Stokol, recorded on iPhone January 15, 2011. »
Whiter Shade of Pale-Cover
An improvised cover of the beloved Procol Harum song, using piano, singing, and iPhone, one afternoon in January of 2011. Whiter Shade of Pale-Cover »
So Don’t Believe Me
Music and lyrics by Deborah Stokol, April 2010. Performed by Deborah Stokol, April 2010. So Don’t Believe Me You told me you don’t mind that I called you on the line But I know I should have held off since we’re done And though it warmed me to hear you hear you say that you missed me that you missed me every night and every day I should... »
Other Days
Poem and music by Deborah Stokol, 2009. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2010. Photo by Deborah Stokol, 2005. Other Days Some days I wake up, and I’m fine. I mind such business as is mine. Nothing can hurt me; I’m invincible— Untouchable— Infallible. But other days, I wake up missing you. (And you can be nothing but gone.) They say you live on in... »
In Western Lands
Poem by J.R.R. Tolkein. Music by Deborah Stokol, 2001. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2010. In Western Lands »