Joel Porter is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from North Dakota, now living in Nashville. As an instrumentalist, he has recorded string and brass parts for Foreign Fields, Hembree, Matthew and the Atlas, and Boom Forest. In 2017, with the guidance of producer Eric Hillman (Foreign Fields), he introduced his intimate, ambient-folk solo project with the release of the nature-inspired “Mountain Twin EP”. Again in collaboration with Hillman, Joel is set to release his heritage-inspired “Hiraeth EP'” in August 2018.

Joel has made music with Foreign Fields, Matthew and the Atlas, and Boom Forest. He also performed on the score to the video game „Ashen“.