Once Upon Deep Time is a pop/rock song cycle about the evolution of hearing and our connection to the tree of life. Twelve original songs tell a story, based on what we know from fossils and the living world around us, about how we came to perceive sound and how sound connects us to a living past.

I created these songs to inspire wonder about our shared natural history and to convey the passion that drives me as a scientist.
 
The album features contributions from Samantha Giancarli, David Hess, The Lickerish Quartet, Stockton a Cappella (directed by Neil Aaronson), and my children, Quinn & Maxwell Bonnan
 
Listen to or download the album or any of the songs on my Bandcamp page: https://matthewbonnan.bandcamp.com/
 
Listen to or download the album or any of the songs everywhere else: https://matthewbonnan.hearnow.com/

Lyrics and liner notes

A live performance, several individual animated videos, and a full-length animated movie of Once Upon Deep Time can be viewed on my YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@MBonnan/featured