Walls, Boxes, & Jars

Walls, Boxes, & Jars (2001), featuring the popular songs "Tidal Wave Goodbye" and "Ligeia," was the debut album of singer/pianist Raven Oak. Written while facing the constraints of college music classes, this album explores the depths of the categories, labels, and boxes society often forces upon survivors. Being a survivor of rape and abuse, this album helped pave the way for Raven Oak to freely express herself, no longer a silent victim.

Track list:

• one
• ostinato
• to j.
• ligeia
• home
• MZB
• love
• regrets
• tidal wave goodbye

From gentle mourning, to fire filled anger, this album truly shows the complex range of emotions available through means of a piano. One track, MZB, was written just after author Marion Zimmer Bradley (of The Mists of Avalon) died as a tribute to her works.

This album also donates to RAINN, the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network.