Neo Brightwell

American singer-songwriter, queer outlaw poet, producer, and originator of Moonshine Disco.

Published in Halfway Down the Stairs and Recours au Poème, Neo Brightwell creates work at the intersection of music, poetry, and performance. His songs blend Americana grit, outlaw gospel, queer storytelling, and dance-floor rhythm into what he calls Moonshine Disco.

Across albums, poems, and essays, Brightwell returns to questions of memory, identity, belonging, resilience, and what becomes possible after survival. His work is less interested in escape than return—returning to the body, to one’s voice, to one’s history, and to the parts of ourselves that refuse to disappear. Not simply surviving, but learning how to inhabit freedom.

This channel is home to official releases, videos, performances, and the evolving story behind the music.

Remember yourself.

Carry the fire forward.