Songs of Lewis & Clark

17-part song cycle performed by the artist. Full run time: approx. 50 mins. Album released in 2008.

Performance of Songs of Lewis & Clark at The American Folk Art Museum in New York City, April 2009.

Performance of Songs of Lewis & Clark at The American Folk Art Museum in New York City, April 2009.

Songs of Lewis & Clark is a song cycle setting the journals of Lewis and Clark to music. With lyrics taken directly from the journals, the songs reveal moments of awe, reflection, humor and joy during the course of the 1804-1806 expedition through the newly purchased Louisiana territory.

Listen to the full album at music.sarabouchard.com. A special-edition CD is also available for purchase at Sara’s online store.

See also Ocian In View!, a letterpress print of lyrics from the song cycle.

Songs of Lewis & Clark by Sara Bouchard, released 08 November 2008 1. Antelope 2. Northern Light 3. This Little Fleet 4. The Grizzly Bear 5. Runaway Squaw 6. Our Dutifull Children 7. I Beheld the Rocky Mountains 8. Sandstone Clifts 9. Shineing Mountains 10. Gates of the Rocky Mountains 11.