ABOUT

Carrington MacDuffie makes indie pop with edge—hook-driven, atmospheric, and unmistakably her own. An award-winning audiobook narrator with 250+ titles, she brings a rare command of tone, phrasing, and emotional precision into her music, giving her songs a cinematic immediacy. 

Raised on everything from Beethoven to Brubeck, she was writing songs by 14 and performing in Greenwich Village by 17. Her path since has cut through New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and now Austin—where she’s built a prolific recording career that blends alt-pop, dream textures, and narrative songwriting that colors outside the lines.

Her recent releases showcase that range: Better That Way hits with defiant, funk-tinged energy; Sugar Drip delivers sleek, driving pop; Sonar (Valentine’s Day 2026) reveals a hypnotic, late-night intensity; and Fenestra Aeternitatis grooves its way to an alternative consciousness on an irresistible trip-hop beat. A new LP follows in summer. 

Also a music video producer, MacDuffie builds a full visual world around her songs—her video for The Kiss I Didn’t Get Last Night screened at the Santa Clarita International Film Festival. Critics have compared her to Bowie, the Eurythmics, and The Cranberries, but the throughline is her voice: a burnished contralto that moves easily between vulnerability and command. 

At its core, her work is driven by curiosity and transformation. Each song is its own world—where sound, language, and something less definable meet. She writes for the spark between people, for the charge beneath words, for the feeling that hasn’t yet found its form—and then gives it one.