Born and raised where the mountains meet the sea in coastal Maine, Alice Limoges was singing before she could walk. After studying a mix of jazz, classical, production, and contemporary music at SUNY Purchase’s Music Conservatory, she met her jazz trained bandmates David Millen, Sean Power, and Martine Wade and became a seasoned musician with a personal flair. With a voice reminiscent of a young Fiona Apple, Alice posses a powerful, strong voice with the heart and soul of a classic folk troubadour. 

Alice has played extensively around the East Coast. Her most recent shows include festivals (Make Music Harlem, NYC; Keene Music Festival, Keene, NH; The Campfire Festival, Cambridge, MA; Belfast Free Range Festival, Belfast, ME), colleges (Columbia University, Hamilton College, Bard College, Western New England University, Landmark College, SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Purchase), and other legendary venues such as The Cutting Room (NYC), Arlene's Grocery(NYC), Rockwood Music Hall (NYC), Club Passim (Boston), and Cafe Nine (New Haven) as well as intimate gigs with Sofar Sounds.

Shore (2014) was written for two reasons. The first was to express loss, longing, hope, and love through music when such feelings could not be voiced in words. The second was to build a sonic link between the land-locked Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts and Gray's Atlantic Ocean home. Each movement is named after a certain coastal location that holds particular significance. At times deeply haunting and at times wholly happy, Shore is a story of self through sound and sail and wind and wave.

String Quartet No. I "Shore" 
by Anderson Gray

I. Napatree Point
Block Island Sound
41°18'22"N 71°53'06"W

II. Red Hook Channel
Mouth of the Hudson
40°40'14"N 74°01'28"W 

III. Sheepscot Bay
Gulf of Maine
43°46'35"N 69°41'30"W

IV. Race Point
Cape Cod Bay
42°04'31"N 70°14'03"W

V. Sippican Harbor
Buzzard's Bay
41°42'28"N 70°45'49"W

Recorded on February 5th, 2014 by the Wistaria String Quartet: Sarah Briggs (violin), Kaila Graef (violin), Delores Thayer (viola) and Rebecca Hartka (cello).

© 2014 Anderson Gray

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