Golden light through a Kentucky tobacco barn

Duncan Wood

Musician · Physicist · Nashville

Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Maysville, Kentucky. PhD in astrophysics from UC Santa Cruz. Built camera software for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, then moved to Nashville to make records. Currently writing, recording, and playing live with a trio around town.

Away With Words album cover
Latest Release

Away With Words

2023 · Full Album · 10 tracks

Music

Discography, credits, streaming, and live dates

Writing

Essays on music, physics, and building things

Research

Publications, dissertation, ORCID

Press
"A new classic... intriguing changes outside the conventional." The Wild Is Calling
"The instrumentation work here is just exquisite." F Sharp Minor
"Absolutely epic arrangement as it grows." Zoe Konez
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