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Luke Bulla
Friday, August 9th - 7:30 - GiG - 1808 Second Street 25. TICKETS!
Luke Bulla has been singing and playing music most of his life, touring with and singing in his family band from age four, Luke took up the fiddle at seven. Over the course of the next few years, he won the National Fiddle Contest (in Weiser, Idaho) six times in his respective age categories. His seventh win came in the Grand Champion division at age sixteen, making him the youngest to have earned the title at the time.
In the spring of 1999, Luke moved to Nashville to establish himself as a full time musician. He spent his early years in Tennessee playing fiddle in Ricky Skaggs’ band, Kentucky Thunder, which earned him his first Grammy Award. Luke was a member of the John Cowan Band. Luke has also performed and/or recorded with Brandi Carlile, Jim Lauderdale, Darrell Scott, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Bryan Sutton, Kevin Costner & Modern West, Russ Barenberg Trio, Shawn Colvin, Tony Rice, Chris Thile, Peter Rowan, Patty Griffin, Glen Phillips, Rodney Crowell, and Earl Scruggs, to name a few. In 2009, Luke released a solo EP featuring Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Aoife O’Donovan and more. Since 2009, Luke has been touring with Lyle Lovett.
Luke released an LP, Who Loves You Better, produced by Bryan Sutton in May 2016. After many years as a sideman, Luke is currently touring the country playing solo performances.
An amazing song!
Luke's beautiful fiddle playing
Stepwise
Saturday, September 7th - 7:30 - GiG -1808 Second Street $25 Tickets
GiG Performance Space is the second stop on Stepwise’s 22 day-long tour of the Western United States. Stepwise is a high-energy Celtic Folk duo featuring the swift rhythmic guitar playing of DADGAD-specialist Liam Lewis and smooth ornamented fiddling of Olivia Breidenthal. They have built an international following playing festivals, concerts, and contradances and have performed at the Glenlo Abbey in Ireland, the Lodge Room in Los Angeles, and the Costa Mesa Scottish Fest and Highland Games to name a few. Featuring tight vocal harmonies, Stepwise performs their own arrangements of traditional folk songs and fiddle tunes, as well as many original songs and tunes written in the Irish and/or American folk tradition. September 7th will be an evening of celebrating the old songs of tradition and exploring the new.
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Beppe Gambetta
Sunday, September 15th -7:30 - GiG - 1808 Second Stree t- $25 - Tickets