Golden light through a Kentucky tobacco barn

Duncan Wood

Musician · Physicist · Nashville

Duncan Wood is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in Nashville. A physicist by training (PhD, UC Santa Cruz), he played twelve instruments on his debut album, Away With Words, recorded in a nineteenth-century house on the Ohio River, repairing the tape machines and amplifiers himself.

Away With Words album cover
Latest Release

Away With Words

2023 · Full Album · 8 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
“Wood knows how to write hooky tunes that burrow into your mind.” The Stanford Daily
“Jazz folk chords and orchestral build, absolutely epic arrangement as it grows.” Zoe Konez
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