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Singer-songwriter & Storyteller

I tell stories and sing songs about our biggest wounds and how we turn them into love.

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Press

“He's offering up his own healing out to the world, for all the healing we need to do right now.”
Felix ContrerasNPR Music
“Himnos para gente que sufre, que necesita perdonar.”
DJ Eduardo SoulSuper Estrella Radio
“A beautiful piece of work, very reflective, an album for you to learn from.”
Michael JohnathonWoodSongs
“An album of healing and struggle and wholeness and joy, it's all in there.”
Laura ShineLouisville Public Media
“De esas que debes escuchar todas las mañanas al despertarte.”
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Discography

A JOURNEY OF HEALING
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Twelve songs, mapped on a journey from grief to hope, through moments of calm and turbulence.

Click any song to listen and read its story

Calm
Turbulence
Grief
Hope
Time → ← Healing

Click any song to explore its meaning and nature.

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About
David Lindes smiling, seated with his guitar

David Lindes is a singer-songwriter and storyteller. His work explores themes of identity, belonging, family, and healing.

He spent his childhood in his native Guatemala City, moving to California at the age of 9. He spent his teenage years in Watsonville, an agrarian bastion in California's Central Coast.

He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and their four children.

Come with me

I want to show you how these songs are born, and what they mean.

Come with me to my writing couch, where a song begins as a half-sung line on a voice memo. Come with me into the studio, where it finds its shape. I'll tell you the story behind every song: the people, the places, the wounds and the love.

  • A song and the story behind it, every month
  • New songs before anyone else hears them
  • More than 125 songs, essays and stories, waiting for you
Come behind the scenes On Patreon, from $5 a month.
David in the recording studio with a fellow musician
The studio
David's hands typing the lyrics of A Picture of You on a laptop
The first draft
David's hand picking the strings of his guitar
The first chords
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