In the process of writing introductory profiles over the last five or six years for artists coming to both the Big Ears Festival and Oak Ridge’s Summer Sessions outdoor Americana concerts, I’ve had a ...

Grammy Award-winning violinist and composer “making sparks fly” (The New York Times) – joins us for a dynamic collaboration with the Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion (TCP) and phenom electronic ...

Gary, Indiana’s own Jlin (Jerrilynn Patton) electrifies The Nimoy for a set that showcases why she has quickly become one of the most distinctive composers in America and one of the most influential ...

Gary, Indiana's Jlin (aka Jerrilynn Patton) has reigned as one of footwork/juke's most interesting and sophisticated producers since she began releasing music nine years ago via England's Planet Mu ...

Last year, electronic experimentalist Jlin released one of the best albums of 2017, Origami. She returns today alongside Holly Hernon with a new song, "Godmother," featuring "a nascent machine ...

Last month, Jlin announced a new album, Akoma, which boasts some heavy-hitting guest spots from Björk, Philip Glass, and Kronos Quartet. Its lead single was “The Precision Of Infinity” (the one that ...

Jerilynn Patton makes music as Jlin, in Gary, Indiana. A former steel mill worker, she has roots in footwork, the light-speed dance music from Chicago. Two of footwork’s stalwarts, DJ Rashad and RP ...

Every Friday, The FADER's writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Nourished By Time's Catching Chickens EP, Waxahatchee's Tigers Blood, Jlin's ...

Jerrilynn Patton grew up in Gary, Ind., and after studying engineering and math, she landed a pretty good job at U.S. Steel. "Put it like this: my life was stable," she says. It wasn't until she ...