Earl Patrick pivots sharply away from his usual indie-folk and guitar-driven comfort zones for his newest release, the wildly inventive album "Conditioned By Machines". The Portland, Oregon-based composer, singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has spent over two decades building a dense, eight-album catalog. Here, however, he entirely flips the script. Feeling that classical flute music too often prioritizes gesture over pure melody, he set out...

The Beirut-to-Boston indie folk project John Lebanon makes a June 2026 album 'Kite Without A String' for anyone trying to breathe, reset, and keep moving with feeling intact. Press play and John Lebanon throws you straight into the kind of emotional weather that makes you check your pulse. 'Kite Without A String', the June 2026 album from the Boston-based indie folk project, does not ease...