Luke Beling (@lukebeling)

Eleven songs, recorded live in an 18th century farmhouse in the middle of a Maine winter. 11/6

When my dad turned twelve, he watched his father drown in a whirlpool in the Orange River. Decades later, I watched my own father disappear into late nights at the Majestic Hotel. I can still hear the muffled horn of his VW Kombi calling me to sit on his lap and steer the long van up our steep…

#donewiththetrying #seaqueen

#forever #seaqueen

Forever BTS #altfolk #seaqueen #singersongwriter

#forever #bts #altfolk

Forever out now. #seaqueen #forever #altfolk #folk

When my dad turned twelve, he watched his father drown in a whirlpool in the Orange River. Decades later, I watched my own father disappear into late nights at the Majestic Hotel. I can still hear the muffled horn of his VW Kombi calling me to sit on his lap and steer the long van up our steep…

#forever #seaqueen #bts

#altfolk #seaqueen #forever #newmusic

#forever #musicvideo #seaqueen

@Big Island Studios #forever #seaqueen

#forever #newmusic #seaqueen

#seaqueen #altfolk #folk

One last magic trick with @Big Island Studios. A projector, a bedsheet, and a fire out on the lava at sunset. Shot on 16mm film. Forever, the final single and video from Sea Queen, is out Friday 10/23 on MDDN Records. The album follows Nov 5.

4 Kids, Some Chickens, and a Cat

#puzzle #girldad

One day I'll be able to record a demo song like this with no interruptions. I'm glad that's not today. #thesedayswewontgetback

I wrote this chorus thinking, maybe the point of the journey is as much the bright places we pine for as the reassurance we need to keep walking. City Lights out now.

#citylights #altfolk #folk

My wife says a video of our daughters walking on the roof of my car, with my new song City Lights playing, will reach more people than any serious promo video I could make. So here are my two youngest walking on the roof of my car. City Lights is out now. Please, dear God, tell me she's wrong.

Narrative folk is my favorite kind of songwriting. Springsteen's "Highway Patrolman," Dylan's "Hurricane," Josh Ritter's "Girl in the War." This is City Lights, my take on that tradition. Out now. #altfolk #folk #seaqueen

#citylights #altfolk #folk #seaqueen

#citylights #seaqueen #springsteen

Shot on a camera from 1985, because the “vintage” filters couldn’t quite cut it. Thanks to @Big Island Studios for the idea. Watch the full “City Lights” video on my YouTube channel.

City Lights. A song about a man who comes home to a world that moved on. Out now. #citylights #seaqueen #altfolk

#citylights #seaqueen #altfolk #folk

Tonight I asked my AI assistant to make me a drink from whatever was in the pantry, which was not much: some limes, a bottle a friend left years ago, and a jar of honey with a spoon stuck in it. I named the drink after my new song, City Lights. I drank it and did not die, which I count as a small…

Who are we when we begin to lose who we thought we were? Thanks to everyone who came out to the Big Island Book Festival, and to @konastories for hosting. What a great day. Here’s a short passage from my novel, The Field of Plenty. Mitch, my protagonist, has just lost the thing he was.