our queer elders: the album

a collection of 13 original songs about people who have queered gender and social norms throughout history, created for and by the queer community.

produced by erin mckeown
recorded & mixed by jon evans
mastered by dave chalfant

made possible through generous support from the arts foundation of cape cod, the national endowment for the arts, the cordial eye, and club passim

track list

  1. every oyster (feat. armand aromin)

    sarah white norman & mary vincent hammon (1648)

  2. paint me in

    frida kahlo & georgia o’keeffe (1933)

  3. microscope (feat. carla kihlstedt)

    easter ellen cupp (1939)

  4. strongbox

    rachel carson (1953)

  5. slanted lines (feat. sue goldberg & mike flanagan)

    emily dickinson (1860)

  6. sunday finest

    amelia earhart & eleanor roosevelt (1933)

  7. rabbit on the run (feat. natalia zukerman)

    margaret wise brown (1940)

  8. pickup (feat. gretchen phillips)

    tracy chapman (1989)

  9. satellites (feat. pamela means)

    sally ride (1983)

  10. the long trail (feat. char priolo)

    catherine robbins, kathleen norris, & hilda kurth (1927)

  11. hope bay (feat. catie curtis)

    elke mackenzie (1944)

  12. what we wear (feat. patty larkin, natalia zukerman, carla kihlstedt & char priolo)

    mary edwards walker (1865)

  13. that I am

    public universal friend (1776)

production notes

our queer elders was produced by erin mckeown, recorded & mixed at brick hill studios by jon evans, and mastered by dave chalfant

katie castagno: acoustic guitar, banjolele, vocals
erin mckeown: acoustic guitar, drums, electric guitar, glockenspiel, mandolin, organ, percussion, piano, synthesizer, vocals
jon evans: acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bass, drums, percussion, slide guitar, vocals

with guests armand aromin (concertina, violin, vocals), catie curtis (vocals), mike flanagan (piano), susan goldberg (vocals), carla kihlstedt (vioin, marxophone), patty larkin (vocals), pamela means (acoustic guitar), gretchen phillips (baglamas, keyboard, vocals), char priolo (vocals), natalia zukerman (guitar, vocals), & members of the outer cape chorale: beth fusco, laura gill, marie hartley, lor holmes, dianne kopser, pat mcdonald, sue peters, nancy sweeney, chris vazquez, & tim welles.

jon, erin, & katie after recording oqe in october 2024.