On February 28, Orindal Records will release “Beyond the Break”, a new album of meditative folk songs & instrumentals by Philadelphia, PA singer, songwriter & guitarist Kristin Daelyn. Recorded from the intimacy of her home studio with assistance from co-producer Jason Cupp, Daelyn’s elegant & virtuosic fingerstyle acoustic guitar & vocal performances are accompanied on several tracks by Dan Knishkowy of Adeline Hotel & Danny Black of Good Old War. Patrick Riley also contributed string arrangements to four tracks, including the album’s lead single, “Patience Comes to the Bones.”

Kristin Daelyn on “Patience Comes to the Bones”

At the time I wrote this song, I had recently come across a line in Mary Oliver’s poem “Patience”: “Patience comes to the bones before it takes root in the heart.”  The words pulsed through me, circulating like a mantra. I didn’t understand why they resonated so deeply, but I knew I had to carry them and let their meaning be revealed over time.

I was living in a small cabin tucked away in the woods on a Pennsylvania hillside, turning to music for comfort.  I wrote the way I always do— letting lyrics flow instinctively without much thought, allowing sounds to mumble atop the melody until words and phrases revealed themselves. The process feels more like sculpting than writing, like I’m uncovering something hidden.

When the words finally emerged, I realized what this song was teaching me. It was a lesson in letting go— not as surrender, but as a radical act of love, trust, and a willingness to meet myself with softness. As someone who has always used persistence to shape the life I wanted, I was being asked to instead be compassionate and present with what was before me. Sometimes, letting go is the most loving, skillful choice we can make. And things take the time they take.

This song marked the beginning of that lesson, one that continues to ripple through my life as a practice towards both myself and others.  It’s also an expression of gratitude for life’s inevitable impermanence— for every sunrise through my window, for every soft blue sky after dusk, for every longing, grief, and joy.

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