Music – The Story Is Everything

Tales from the Crescent (2020)

Sixteen songs covering over 160 years of life in America’s favorite Southern city, New Orleans, LA. This stylistically diverse collection summons the spirits of second line, bluegrass, big band, and many more.

Available for digital streaming and purchase at iTunes, Google Play and more!

Hear the complete album now on YouTube!

Now available in limited edition CD!

16 beautiful songs in an elegant eco-case. Includes a 24 page booklet filled with lyrics and photos.

Only $15.00, free shipping in the US!

Mr. Poydras (2020)

Written by Tanya and John Voorhees, sung by Tanya Voorhees. The lament of a young resident of the “Poydras Girls Asylum”, an orphanage built for children abandoned by a 1905 epidemic of Yellow Fever. Inspired by Tanya’s mother, a real-life resident. The seventh single from our upcoming New Orleans-themed concept album, Tales from the Crescent! Available at Bandcamp.

Fiesta Time (2020)

Written and sung by John Voorhees. Our most popular live song now in convenient digital single form! Fiesta Time celebrates the sad little pleasures that get us through an otherwise difficult life. The sixth single from our upcoming New Orleans-themed concept album, Tales from the Crescent! Available at Bandcamp.

The Boy from New Orleans (2020)

Written and sung by Tanya Voorhees. The true story of a young man who fled the Crescent City to fight in World War II, celebrated in the New Orleans States Item newspaper as a “‘Kid’ Marine” and a “Vet at 17” — Tanya’s father, Freddie Reichard. The fifth single from our upcoming New Orleans-themed concept album, Tales from the Crescent! Available at Bandcamp.

Tales from the Crescent (2020)

Written and sung by Tanya Voorhees. The title track, overture, and fourth single from our upcoming New Orleans-themed concept album! Tales from the Crescent (the album) includes songs of love, war, vampires, ghosts, fire, flood, excellent food and cats. Available at Bandcamp.

Smoky Mary (2020)

Written by Tanya Voorhees and sung by John Voorhees. Take a bluegrass ride on the third-oldest train line in the United States, the Pontchartrain Railroad, aka “Smoky Mary”! The third single from our upcoming New Orleans-themed concept album, Tales from the Crescent! Available at Bandcamp.

Ma Cher (2020)

Written and sung by John Voorhees. The story of a young man from the bayou who is resistant to the Crescent City’s charm, despite the protestation of his lady love. The second single from our upcoming New Orleans-themed concept album, Tales from the Crescent! Available at Bandcamp.

Bywater (2020)

Written and sung by Tanya Voorhees. The story of a girl trying to find the meaning of life in New Orleans’ oldest subdivision. The first single from our upcoming New Orleans-themed concept album, Tales from the Crescent! Available at Bandcamp.

The Story is Everything (2012)

The self-titled manifesto debut. Stories old and new from the songwriting pens of John and Tanya Voorhees. Lost loves, sea shanties, cautions wrapped in calico, romance and rain dance. And also werewolves. Available at Bandcamp.

“City of Dreams” (2012)

Written and sung by Tanya Voorhees. Hopes dashed and dreams left to die in an alleyway. The hard side of the Big Easy. From The Story Is Everything (2012).

“Werewolf Night” (2012)

Written and sung by John Voorhees. The city streets are stalked by monsters and their chums. From The Story Is Everything (2012).

Haunting The Ruins (1996)

Tanya’s solo blues-rock experience, which includes TSIE favorite “Euphrates”, the road hymn “Asphalt Blues”, and hair-raising testament “The Gallery”. Available at Bandcamp.

“Little Italy” (2011)

John’s single release about living an isolated life in the big city. Available at Bandcamp.

2 O’s, 2 E’s (2009)

A collection of stripped-down recordings from John Voorhees’ extensive song catalog. Includes perennial live favorite “Cigarette Ash”, as well as “Harder Way To Die”, “Rain Dance” and “Magnificent Loser”, which were remade on the self-titled 2012 The Story is Everything CD. Available at Bandcamp.

Fiesta Time (2006)

A short but powerful album from John Voorhees. The crowd-favorite title track will feature prominently in The Story is Everything’s upcoming Tales from the Crescent album. Fiesta Time also includes Werewolf Night and Scorpion Song, which appear on the 2012 self-titled TSIE album. Available at Bandcamp.

Asking for Trouble (2000)

Hard-driving turn-of-the-century tunes from John Voorhees. Includes Undercover Maggie, April Snow, and Here For Now. Available at Bandcamp.

The Movie (1999)

A short collection of John Voorhees songs, some pulled from other compilations and some original to this project. Features Amanda Dunn, Lucy Get Down, and a special version of Nightmare Town (originally from The Swing (1996)). Available at Bandcamp.

The Swing (1996)

Recorded in the Green Mountains of Vermont, The Swing includes Calico Women, Magnificent Loser, and Rain Dance, which also appear on the 2012 self-titled release from The Story is Everything. Available at Bandcamp.

Windows and Walls (1994)

John Voorhees’ first CD is a concept project: half “window” songs about successful relationships, half “wall” songs about the things that come between us. Includes Coming Down, A Sad Man, and Glowing. Available at Bandcamp.