Dreaming of Wanderlust - May 2026
Α selection of recent releases, where folk, indie pop, and chamber sounds bloom gently into summer 🌻
Featuring Jon, YONAH, Ari Lindo, Ciaran Quigley, Kelli Blanchett, Valley Boy, Luke James Williams, Julia Greenberg, McGrath, Lauren Minear, Soft Top, Nuovo Canzoniere Partigiano, Maren Davidsen, Taylor Dallas Vidic, Sylvain Chauveau, Brí, Michael Antelope, Libby Ember and lucky break.
Dreaming of Wanderlust 🌿 Indie Folk · Folktronica · Chamber Pop
Jont - You In The World
You In The World feels like standing still long enough to notice how deeply another person has changed the landscape around you. Jont folds years of wandering, meditation, and hard-earned tenderness into a song that moves with grace, carrying the warmth of late-afternoon light across open roads and unfamiliar coastlines.
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YONAH - Holler
YONAH turns childhood memories into something soft-edged and cinematic, where old apartments, first heartbreaks, and the first shadows of depression blur together beneath glowing indie rock textures.
His voice carries the pain of looking back while trying to make peace with the person those moments created. Taken from his debut album Bird of Miracles, the song feels like wandering through Brooklyn at dusk with old ghosts quietly keeping pace beside you.
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Ari Lindo - Sandalwood
Sandalwood drifts in with the calm of early morning sunlight slipping through half-open curtains. Built on dreamy folk minimalism and delicate acoustic arrangements, Ari Lindo lets their voice float weightlessly above the song, creating a soft, homespun atmosphere that feels both intimate and untethered.
Taken from the upcoming album For Much Longer, it carries the stillness of a slow spring morning before the world fully wakes.
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Ciaran Quigley - Long Way Home
A gentle freedom runs through Long Way Home, carried by warm indie folk rhythms and the feeling of empty roads stretching far beyond the headlights. Ciaran Quigley balances self-reflection with easy charm, turning late-night apologies and blurred lines into something strangely comforting.
Taken from his forthcoming EP Is This a Problem Darling?, the song captures that familiar moment when driving aimlessly becomes a way of holding onto someone a little longer.
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Kelli Blanchett - For You Not Me
Photo credit Jamie Noise
For You Not Me unfolds like a soft conversation with an older version of yourself, wrapped in velvety vocals and a serene alt-folk soundscape. Kelli Blanchett leans into softly glowing Americana textures: plucky guitars, gentle organs, and mournful warmth, while letting every emotion breathe naturally.
Taken from her latest EP Casual Dining, the song carries the bittersweet calm of learning how to live beside change rather than outrun it.
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Valley Boy - James, age twelve
James, age twelve, opens children of divorce with startling vulnerability, sketching childhood memories in fragments that feel painfully ordinary and deeply life-altering all at once. Sparse acoustic instrumentation leaves space for every line to land softly but heavily, as Valley Boy revisits the moment a family split apart.
The song feels suspended in time, caught somewhere between suburban afternoons, unanswered questions, and the part of growing up that never fully finishes.
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Luke James Williams - Strange Things We Are
Taken from Limes Hotel - a restless warmth overflows from Strange Things We Are, where lively indie folk rhythms meet Luke James Williams' vivid vocals. Beneath the song's bright momentum sits something more fragile. Sleepless thoughts, self-deception, and the strange ways people lose themselves while trying to hold everything together.
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Julia Greenberg - Leaves
Leaves drifts gently through memory like the last warm breeze before autumn disappears for good. Julia Greenberg folds indie folk intimacy, nostalgia, and quiet self-awareness into a song that lingers in half-empty classrooms, lakeside afternoons, and moments we wish could stay untouched forever.
Taken from her upcoming EP Born Sentimental, the track understands that letting go rarely feels dramatic; sometimes it arrives softly, like watching the season change outside your window.
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McGrath - Rotha
Rotha carries the feeling of movement: train windows, fading summers, and streets glowing after rain, wrapped in McGrath's smooth, heartfelt vocals.
Blending indie folk warmth with a traveling spirit, the song turns heartbreak into something reflective rather than bitter, tracing the slow acceptance that life keeps turning forward. There's tenderness in the way he sings "Rotha means wheel. It keeps spinning", as if the song itself is gently rolling toward brighter ground.
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Lauren Minear - Bruise (made of glass version)
On Bruise (made of glass version), Lauren Minear lets every emotion hover delicately in the air, her voice moving through the song with the softness of candlelight in a dark room.
Drawing from folk and Americana influences, the song feels deeply intimate, shaped by the ache of healing and self-understanding. Like much of her album Boxing Day, it carries the sensation of someone slowly learning how to stand comfortably inside their own reflection again.
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SoftTop - Not Enough
Not Enough feels suspended somewhere between dream and waking life, where chamber-pop melodies shimmer like fairy dust across an imagined landscape untouched by time. SoftTop builds the track slowly and emotionally, letting compelling vocals drift through lush arrangements that mirror the pull between reality and escape.
Taken from their upcoming debut album Gathering Dust (June 19th), the song carries the weightless beauty of wanting to stay inside a dream just a little longer.
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Nuovo Canzoniere Partigiano - Sento Il Fischio Del Vapore
Photo credit: Chiara Martini
Sento Il Fischio Del Vapore transforms an anti-war folk song into something ghostly and immersive, suspended between post-folk textures, ambient electronics, and cinematic stillness. Nuovo Canzoniere Partigiano strips away nostalgia and replaces it with atmosphere: distant drones, slow-burning tension, and voices that feel as though they're echoing through abandoned railway stations at night.
Taken from Volume 2, the track turns memory into something living and immediate, carrying history forward like smoke disappearing into the dark.
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Maren Davidsen - Tennessee On My Mind
Photo Credit: Elena Lastivka
Tennessee On My Mind feels like watching unfamiliar highways unfold beneath a pale southern sky while trying to leave an old version of yourself somewhere behind. Maren Davidsen blends Nordic Americana and country storytelling with glowing acoustic textures, tracing loneliness, freedom, and emotional exhaustion.
Taken from her upcoming debut album, This Is Where I Leave You, the song moves with the bittersweet hope of someone learning that healing sometimes begins far away from home.
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Taylor Dallas Vidic - Falling Out of Love
Falling Out of Love moves with the gentle clarity of early morning after a long night of storms. Taylor Dallas Vidic's soaring vocals glide through folk and Americana arrangements that hold heartbreak with remarkable tenderness, never rushing the process of letting go.
Taken from her debut album Cat & Mouse, the song captures the moment when grief begins to loosen its grip, leaving behind gratitude, softer silences, and the distant possibility of peace.
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Sylvain Chauveau - The Guitar Piece I Wrote for Masumi
The Guitar Piece I Wrote for Masumi unfolds with the stillness of an empty Zen garden at dawn, every acoustic note placed with quiet intention. Sylvain Chauveau strips music back to its bare essentials, letting silence and space become part of the composition itself.
Taken from the upcoming album The Complexity Of The Simple, the piece feels intimate and weightless, like a letter drifting slowly across oceans without ever needing to raise its voice.
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Brí - King of Achill
There's a tender hush surrounding King of Achill, as though the song was written beside the sea with grief moving gently through the tide. Brí blends indie folk warmth with aching sincerity, turning personal loss into something soft enough for others to carry with them, too.
The subtle nod to Phil Coulter's "Steal Away" deepens the song's emotional pull, letting memory and love linger beautifully between the cello lines.
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Michael Antelope - Cat Crow
Photo credit Mike Neal
Cat Crow moves with the earthy warmth of folk music made for open fields, wooden porches, and long drives beneath fading evening light. Michael Antelope's close harmonies and intricate acoustic interplay create something both comforting and alive, balancing tenderness with a gentle sense of movement.
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Libby Ember - I’ll Stand in the Doorway
I'll Stand in the Doorway captures the strange loneliness of walking familiar streets after love has disappeared from them. Wrapped in dreamy bedroom pop textures, layered guitars, and blurred late-night emotion, Libby Ember turns heartbreak into something atmospheric and deeply cinematic.
The song lingers in that fragile space between distance and hope, like headlights glowing softly through rain-covered windows.
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lucky break - Camp Song
Photo credit: Addie Briggs
Taken from her debut album made it! - Camp Song wanders through the woods with the easy freedom of late summer afternoons and new beginnings waiting just beyond the trees.
Blending dreamy alt-country and indie pop textures, lucky break fills the song with warmth, openness, and the feeling of slowly finding your footing again after change.
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About Eugenia Roditis
Eugenia's passion for music was ignited from an early age as she grew up in a family of musicians. She loves attending concerts and festivals, while constantly seeking fresh and exciting new artists across diverse genres. Eugenia joined the MusicnGear team in 2012.
Contact Eugenia Roditis at eugenia.roditis@kinkl.com
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