Norton Street Barbershop Quartet

by E.J. Gold

Price: $9.95

Included in download

29 Songs (mp3)
liner notes (pdf)
plus album cover

About the Album

Barbershop Quartet

NORTON STREET ON KAY GOD

There was a time when four voices were all you needed.

Long before amplifiers, synthesizers, or digital effects, singers gathered on street corners, in barber shops, train stations, and neighborhood parks to create rich harmonies using nothing but breath, timing, and friendship. The result became known as the barbershop quartet — a uniquely American tradition where melody, harmony, humor, and heartfelt storytelling blended into something far greater than the sum of its parts.

Now, somehow, those harmonies have drifted onto Norton Street.

The impossible little neighborhood where reality is forever taking a wrong turn proves to be a surprisingly comfortable home for close harmony. Mike, Crystal, Audrey, the Bornless One, and the rest of the cast discover that even the strangest metaphysical conversations sound perfectly natural when sung in ringing four-part chords.

Presented as another late-night broadcast from Kay GOD – The Station That Makes It , these recordings imagine what might have happened if the citizens of Norton Street had wandered into an old neighborhood barber shop, tipped their straw hats, gathered around a single ribbon microphone, and begun telling their extraordinary stories in song.

You’ll hear echoes of classic American quartet traditions, cheerful novelty numbers, sentimental ballads, comic patter, and the unmistakable “ring” that only true close harmony can produce. Yet beneath the smiles and familiar musical language lies the same mysterious world that has always existed on Norton Street, where every doorway opens into another reality and every ordinary conversation may conceal a glimpse of eternity.

Like all of the Norton Street musical collections, this album is not a parody of the style it celebrates. It is a genuine exploration of what happens when timeless musical traditions become another doorway into an equally timeless theatrical universe.

So pull up a chair, imagine the striped barber pole turning slowly outside, and tune your radio to Kay GOD. Somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow, four voices are already waiting to sing you into another world.

Welcome to Norton Street Barbershop Quartet .

Listening

The Norton Street Barbershop Quartet folder contains the complete collection of "Barbershop Quartet" mp3s of Norton Street audio programs. Each MP3 is identified by its Act and Scene designation (for example, Norton A2S3). You may enjoy the album in either of two ways:

Listen to a Single Program

Open the folder.
Double-click any MP3 file.

Listen to the Entire Collection

Open the folder.
Select all of the MP3 files.
Start playback using your preferred music player. The player should present the programs in their existing order.
If your player offers a Play Folder, Play All, or Shuffle option, select Play Folder or Play All if you wish to hear the programs in sequence. Avoid Shuffle if you want the dramatic order preserved.

We recommend listening to the complete collection at least once in sequence before exploring individual programs.

Don’t use the shuffle option the first time, if at all. They’re best heard in sequence. Welcome to Norton Street...

— E.J. Gold

Release Notes

Released August 5, 2026
Songs published by Union Label Music
Produced by E.J. Gold (BMI)
Engineered by Oz Fritz
Cover design by E.J. Gold