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Nellen Dryden

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May 15, 2025

What I'm listening to lately

She sits on a high wire, lost in the trees, out of sight. I’ve heard her every morning of spring. She seems to be camped out, cooing, giving me a meditation on sunrise, sounding like a wooden pan flute chilling…

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May 5, 2025

Who loves an early show?

Hello hello,

This Wednesday, May 7th, at 6 p.m., I’ll be opening for the lovely and talented Sophie Gault and Zach Meadows at The 5 Spot in East. Jules Belmont and I will be playing songs off “Show Me…

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Dec 14, 2024

This unmarked path, it leads to my heart

This unmarked path, it leads to my heart. I can’t quantify it for you any other way. It’s meandering, from rock clubs to coffee houses. From writers to singers. From painters to builders. From engineers to musicians. I weave in…

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Dec 6, 2024

Its showtime folks...

Hello my friends,

If ya didn’t hear, I have a release show for Show Me The Way, this Sunday, December 8th, at The 5 Spot! Tickets are $10, and you can snag ‘em here.

Melissa Erin opens the night…

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Nov 15, 2024

It's release day 💖

Happy album release day! Show Me The Way is out in the world 🌹

I hope you enjoy it wherever you listen.

Enjoying those finished AND released project endorphins ;)

I write to you contemplating the world in which these…

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Oct 25, 2024

New song, At Midnight, out today

A little moody, anyone? Listen to “At Midnight” today. It might be the cure!

Listen on Spotify

Listen on YouTube

Listen on AppleMusic

Listen on Bandcamp

Love,

Nellen

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Oct 15, 2024

Thoughts on Grit

Last week, two people in my life told me I have grit.

It was synchronistic, and at both times, their compliments meant a lot to me.

As a Taurus, I have always felt connected to some earthly, undisturbed, forward-moving motion…

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Oct 11, 2024

Love Carry On

Hello all! Here’s a little teaser for my new song, “Love Carry On” that’s out in the world today.

It’s about letting people go, even when you still love them. And knowing that love never ends, it just changes directions.

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Sep 27, 2024

New song out!

Hello music lovers,

The first single off my upcoming album is out!

Beam up ✨SHOW ME THE WAY✨ anywhere you stream that music stuff.

Youtube

Spotify

AppleMusic

Lots of love to the folks who helped bring this song…

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Sep 25, 2024

Show Me The Way

My next album, Show Me The Way, is out 11.15.24!

This album is of a different me this time. It’s of heartache, of hope. 

It’s of real musicians in a room, in a week, when it doesn’t make “sense” to…

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