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CANCELED – The Traveler

CANCELED – The Traveler

From reciting homemade charts to composing classical pieces in middle school, to writing a debut album, to releasing an expansive singer-songwriter, the imagination behind Collin Lyles continues to grow and venture to new horizons. The journey is just beginning.
Collin Lyles, the mastermind behind The Traveler, formed his alias during high school as he began questioning the world around him, his place in life, and the reaches of his creativity. When all came crashing down on him, he took all of it in and hashed it into beautifully crafted music.
Risking My Life, For The Sake of My Life, his debut record, was released shortly before his sophomore year. The record contains a variety of genres, talking about the struggles of depression and anxiety, ultimately falling apart, and finding the light within a dark place. As he continued to search, he left other pieces of music, serving as time stamps of his findings and his realizations. Balance would follow a few months later with the debut’s sequel, The Bearer of Bad News, releasing the next year.
Through his years of high school, he worked through a project that would conclude this journey of his and offer closure to the things he experienced in his life. Wayfinder, remains his latest work to date with an expansive sound, ranging from small pianos and fading guitars to powerful, cinematic drums and synths.
The passion and the inspiration behind The Traveler has been shaped by the world around him. More specifically, nature. Mountains, winding roads surrounded by trees, rivers and lakes, homes placed below where the sky changes colors and the leaves fall down. The beauty of every individual’s soul colors an idea behind The Traveler.
It’s hard to tell what kind of direction The Traveler will head. There is a long life, a long career ahead. As Collin Lyles looks to the future, to a new horizon, the possibilities are limitless.

Aka Belle

“People ask us all the time if we are a family band or a cult,” says AKA BELLE. “The truth is somewhere in between, depending on what you think a family or a cult looks like.”

AKA BELLE was formed by married songwriters Catherine and Sam Merrick, alongside longtime friends Anthony Mulparry and Jake Stigers. Christine Nygard first saw the band when she was 17 and manifested the dream to join them by the time she was 19.

So…cult/family band…sort of. Together, AKA BELLE have become known for their immersive performances  filled with layered harmonies, percussion, theremin, vibraphone and swirling psychedelic textures – fusing together psych-rock, garage rock, folk, blues, and tropicalia inspired sounds into a vibrant, theatrical and sometimes ceremonial, aural and visual experience.

AKA BELLE released their new double album “All Time is Now/Now is All You Have + The Time For Love is Always Now” through Moon Ruins Records in April 2026. Described as “Whimsically Defiant” the album “plays like a technicolor dispatch from a commune that discovered both a fuzz pedal and a philosophy book at the same yard sale…” –addtowantlist.com

(oh…there’s the cult/commune theme popping up again)

Exploring themes of identity, connection, uncertainty and the natural world through dreamy imagery and protest minded songwriting, four tracks have dropped as official singles – “Fittin’ In,” “Six Severed Feet!” “Envy of Venus,” and “Radiant” along with corresponding music videos, and these tracks – as well as others from the album –  have received airplay across over 251 US and international stations, often landing in the Top Ten charts for new releases. 

“…a positive fusion of pop melodies, psychedelic vibes and 70’s glam rock…catchy, quirky and surprising…” – Loud Enough? Magazine

“Commune-core psych jams for the end times (and the after party)” – Dennis, addtowantlist.com

“(Aka Belle)…continue to sharpen their distinct blend of cosmic psych-rock and experimental pop…” bloodmakesnoise.com

“Aka Belle makes the most inspirational, life affirming music. They’ll change whatever mood you’re in to the happiest and best side of you that exists. It’s all miracle-like, really,” Daniel ‘Kid’ Yoshida, DJ/Radio Boise

Their passionate calls for love, resistance and soul-lifting energy serve as reminders that we are all part of this beautiful Universe and the Earth we call home.

Cult? Commune? Family? You decide