Dylan McNeill Goldberg Blackthorn is an accordion-driven singer/songwriter, composer, poet, and Tarotlogist who lives in Austin, Texas. A creative soul deeply rooted in the quest for wisdom and universal truth, who believes all of life and creation is music, he is deeply influenced by Traditional Jazz, Klezmer, Irish drinking songs, and Sea Chanties.

After spending most of the years of his youth reveling in bastions of anarchic, punk, & anachronistic hedonism, Dylan finally made his way to Texas to create a life with his true love, and co-create national touring act The 999 EYES Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow.

He currently performs solo as Dylan Blackthorn, sir Blackthorn the Goblin Bard, as well as with goblin folk band Thee Hobo Gobbelins ATX, Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour (the premier traditional Yiddish and Klezmer band in central Texas), Colin Hancock’s Texas trad. jazz supergroup ‘the Joymakers‘, Khuro Ensemble, The 999 EYES Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow, freak folk legends Bobby Joe Ebola & the Children MacNuggits, and folk-punk stalwarts Gary Lindsey & the Pleasure Tide.

Dylan Blackthorn has been awarded the Austin Live Music grant in 2026 and 2024, Texas Folklife Mentor-Apprentice grant 2025, Living Traditions musician spotlight 2012, & his band won Stephen Raspa’s Marching Band March-off at Burning Man Center Camp Stage 2022.

Dylan’s original music is inspired by folk music traditions from around the world, as well as his own experiences traveling with circus sideshow troupes, train-hopping, & working with the Black Rock City Dept. of Public Works to help build Burning Man.

Blackthorn’s poetry is inspired by teachers of the mystic & occult traditions, including the Baal Shem Tov, Manly P. Hall, Alejandro Jodorosky, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Starhawk, and most notably, his wife Samantha Goldberg Blackthorn.

Near the turn of the century, Dylan M. Blackthorn created and founded thee Hobo Gobbelins, Troglodyte jug band of the Unseelie Court. Over the years, he has played accordion with many bands: Sour Mash Hug Band, Day of the Zombie, Infiamatti Fire Circus, Minor Mishap Marching Band, Dr. $ick’s Trash Can Marching Band, Bruce Salmon, Laura Lackey’s Rhythm Review, Black-eyed Vermilion, Scrappelli, Wiener Dog Roadblock, & the Susquehanna Hat Company.

Discography

2026 – Producer, Vocals, Piano, Accordion, appears on the full album “the Riddle Carrys On”, by Dylan Blackthorn [Releases on streaming, CD, LP 12″ vinyl, 11/13/2026]

2026 – Producer, Vocals, Accordion, Bells ov Doom, HonkyBoard, Klanger-Banger, appears on the full album “For Doom & Drink”, by thee Hobo Gobbelins [Releases on streaming, CD, cassette, 10/24/2026]

2026 – Accordion, appears on the full album from the Joymakers “Texas-sized Band”, on turtle Bay Records, CD / vinyl / streaming.

2025 – Accordion, appears on the full album from Gary Lindsey & the Pleasure Tide “Spirits from the Well” on Rusty Knuckles Records, CD / vinyl / streaming.

2025 – Producer, Accordion, Jaws Haarp, appears on the double album from Bobby Joe Ebola & the Children MacNuggits “Solar Contata”, on Teal Shirt Music, CD / double vinyl / streaming.

2025 – Accordion, appears on the full album from the Joymakers “Down Where the Bluebonnets Grow”, on Turtle Bay Records, CD / vinyl / streaming.

2024 – Producer, Songwriter, Accordion, Vocals, Dylan Blackthorn’s single “Season’s Greetings to One & All”, Dylan Blackthorn Music, cassette single / streaming.

2022 – Producer, Songwriter, Accordion, Vocals, Dylan blackthorn’s musical comic storybook “Soggy Vampires”, Dylan Blackthorn Music, 24pp comic storybook + 7” vinyl / 24pp comic storybook + download / streaming /

2021 – Producer, Songwriter, Accordion, Vocals, Dylan Blackthorn & the small flames full album “small flames”, Dylan Blackthorn Music, CD / streaming.

2017 – Accordion, Lyricist, Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour ‘s debut album “Shoyn Avek der Nekhtn”, CD, Streaming.

2014 – Songwriter, Accordion, Vocals, Bruce Salmon’s, “A Barrel of Monkeys”, co-writer of “Creek Ran Dry”, Bruce Salmon, CD / Streaming

2012 – Producer, Songwriter, Composer, Accordion, Vocals, THAT Damned Band full album “Mutantstrosities”, THAT Damned Band, CD / streaming.

2011 – Producer, Songwriter, Composer, Accordion, Vocals, Alpinglocken, hurdy-gurdy, Thee Harlequine full album “Chicanery”, Thee Harlequine, CDR / download.

2011 – Producer, Songwriter, Composer, Accordion, Vocals, Alpinglocken, hurdy-gurdy, Thee Harlequine full album “the Blessed Rhythm of the Stars”, Thee Harlequine, CDR / download.

2005 – Producer, Songwriter, Composer, Accordion, Vocals, THAT Damned Band full album “Self-Titled”, THAT Damned Band, CD / streaming.

2004 – Producer, Songwriter, Composer, Accordion, Vocals, Thee Hobo gobbelins full album “Under a Gobbelin Moon”, Thee Hobo Gobbelins, CDR.

2003 – Co-writer, vocal actor on Steven Schultz’ “Stalin Claus Superstar”, 4 CD Rock Opera on SPAM Records.

2002 – Co-writer, Producer, bass, percusssion on Clan Of The Bleeding Eye – Fortress CD S.P.A.M. Records.

2000 – Spoken Word, producer, “Overgrowth”, Evolution, Spoken Word Compilation, CD on S.P.A.M. Records.

2000 – Accordion, Flobby Tthomuse’s “New Home Videos From Planet X” , CD, Album on S.P.A.M. Records.

2000- Songwriter, Electric Bass, Percusssion, Clan of the Bleeding Eye “Kill the Humans”, Cassette, S.P.A.M. Records.

Publishing

2024 – Dylan Blackthorn self-published a book of songs and tunes, “Thee Hobo Gobbelin Songbook 2024”, available on https://hobogobbelins.bandcamp.com/

2018 – Dylan Blackthorn self-published a book of his poetry, entitled “Lost Words”, which is available on lulu.com.