J Lind is a songwriter, producer, and touring artist from Phoenix, now based in New York City. His philosophically-inclined songs wrestle with unconventional themes, from hospice and addiction to an evolving faith, and his pointed storytelling has captured live audiences across the US, England, and Canada.

Lind’s unusual approach to songwriting developed during his time as a student at Princeton. A wide-ranging performer, Lind opened for the Grammy-nominated rapper Big Sean in the spring of 2015 and participated in songwriting seminars with artists ranging from Steve Martin to Rosanne Cash. Lind promoted his debut EP, I Don’t Know (2017), in pubs and chapels while studying philosophy at Oxford before continuing his work as a hospice volunteer in New Delhi, India.

In 2018, Lind moved to Nashville to record For What It’s Worth (2019), an album inspired by stories and reflections from hospice. Supported by Princeton’s Martin A. Dale ‘53 Fellowship and co-produced by Lucas Morton (Jordy Searcy, Jill Andrews), the record draws on three years of experience in the world of hospice care. Lind has performed the record for over a hundred live audiences in more than thirty states, including for palliative care teams at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Johns Hopkins, and was featured as a guest performer at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium as part of the 2019 Tokens Show.

J Lind’s sophomore project, The Land of Canaan (2021), served as the next chapter in an increasingly deep and diverse body of work. Laced with religious allegory and existential unrest, the concept album grapples with the destabilizing effect of our ever-shifting values and the ephemeral nature of our private promised lands. Lind embarked on “The Possum Redemption Tour” in support of the project in the summer of 2022, combining comic storytelling with stirring musical performances across another twenty-six headline shows coast-to-coast before releasing his third album, Alchemy (2023), produced by Lind, Andy D. Park (Pedro the Lion, Death Cab for Cutie) and longtime collaborator Jake Gillespie. Fusing oceanic electronica with finger-picked acoustic soundscapes, the project served as a meditation on the observation that many of our most alchemical experiences are unexpected, unforgettable, and unearned. 2024’s “The Alchemy Tour” found Lind and his band once again touring indie grunge venues across the US, including Manhattan’s beloved Heaven Can Wait and Phoenix’s iconic Rebel Lounge.

In his latest project, Rotations (out June 6, 2025), Lind explores his family’s experience of the American opioid epidemic. Written and recorded between the hours of 4 and 7 a.m. during a year of intensive clinical rotations as a medical student at Weill Cornell Medicine, the record draws on Lind’s lived experience in conversation with the voices of patients encountered in Manhattan’s clinics, emergency rooms, and addiction treatment centers. Blending Sufjan-style chamber folk, Springsteen’s raw grit, and the metamodern wit of artists like Dawes and Vampire Weekend, Rotations tells the sweeping story of a country in crisis—each track complicating our understanding of responsibility and blame, both as individuals and as a collective.