Coming Aug 2026
Property
Stories
Why we built this around a farm.
How the farm decides the menu, the menu decides the day, and the day decides what the cohort makes. An essay on the order of things.
Notes from the foothills.
Property essays. Recipes from the chef. Alumni conversations. Behind-the-sessions cuts. The first piece drops with Cohort Vol. 1 in August 2026 — sign up to get it in your inbox first.
Coming Aug 2026
Sessions
Inside Madrone Studios.
A tour of the room, the signal chain, and the records that came through over the last few years. Why we keep the tape running.
Coming Aug 2026
Recipes
Saturday's signature dinner, from the soil up.
The chef walks the garden at six. The meal lands at seven-thirty. Here's what was picked, why, and how it ended up on the long table.
Coming Sep 2026
Alumni
The first cohort.
An interview with the twelve artists who made up Cohort Vol. 1 — what they brought, what they made, and what they took home.
Coming Sep 2026
Property
Scott's Flat at sunrise.
A photo essay from the dock — the lake before anyone else is up, the cohort morning swim, the silence the property is named for.
Coming Oct 2026
Sessions
The grand piano in the Living Room.
Songs that started on the porch and finished at the piano. A short essay on the second instrument on the property — the one that isn't in the studio.
The four regular threads.
Stories
Property
Essays on the land, the buildings, the seasons. Why this place works the way it does.
Recipes
What the chef cooked this week. What's in season. How to put it on your own table.
Alumni
Conversations with artists who came through. What they made, what they're making next.
Sessions
Notes from inside Madrone Studios. Gear, technique, records, the room.
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