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Info about Gaelynn Lea Music:
www.violinscratches.com
www.gaelynnlea.bandcamp.com

Latest album Learning How to Stay out September 7, 2018...

Karen Dalton and Joanna Newsom melt together in the form of Gaelynn Lea and set about absolutely obliterating your heart.
- Dan Auerbach (Grammy-winning artist and producer, The Black Keys)

When Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music's 2016 Tiny Desk Contest, her two decades as a hardworking and talented Minnesota musician
finally crystallized in a beautiful moment of national recognition. It was also just the beginning of a grand adventure. With the
wind of her award at their backs, Gaelynn and her husband Paul sold their house, quit their jobs, bought a van, and hit the road.
Since then, Gaelynn has played over 425 shows in 42 states and seven countries, adding nearly 100,000 miles to their Ford
Econoline's odometer. The singer-songwriter and violinist has graced the stage of renowned venues like Nashville's Music City
Roots, The Kennedy Center, House of Blues and even BBC World News. This June she was featured at arts festivals in Iceland and
Switzerland; she then played Winnipeg Folk Fest in July, Travelers Rest Festival in August and Halifax Pop Explosion in October.
Yet somehow between this perpetual blitz of performances, Gaelynn also managed to release her third full-length album in
September. Until this point Gaelynn Lea has presented most of her songs using only a few tools: a violin, a voice, and a looping
pedal. But for her latest, Gaelynn Lea enlisted the help of some musical friends to bring her new album to life. Several of
Minnesota's heavy-hittersincluding Al Church, Dave Mehling, Marty Dosh, Andrew Foreman and Alan Sparhawklent their
creative influence and musicality to this recording. The result is a powerfully emotive effort of confidence and purpose which
captures the poignancy and presence of Gaelynn Lea's crafted repertoire.

Her new album, Learning How To Stay, is an 11-song collection that runs the gamut sonically from pensive and luscious to
aggressive and intentioned, from folk to decidedly pop, and even includes a couple of traditional fiddle tunes. Undoubtedly the
connecting thread of this album is Gaelynn Lea herself. With her singular voice and deeply-affecting violin, she guides the listener
through a journey that explores the contrasting nature of existence: dark and light, birth and death, anger and forgiveness, sorrow
and joy. Learning How to Stay encourages the listener to stay present for it all.

The album opens with a droning cascade of strings and a lone piano setting the tone on Bound By a Thread, then abruptly shifts to
the bright country twang of guitars through a lesson of literal biology and figurative heart on Dark to Light and Dark Again. This
contrast is indicative of the record as a complete thought, presenting the listener with an ever-widening spectrum of themes and
musical moods. The sparse indie-rock vibe of I See It Too is then juxtaposed with the Celtic-like pastoral build of the instrumental,
Jim and Judy's Wedding (composed by Larry Unger).
Mid-tempo grooves are broken down and piled back up on both Lost in the Woods and the backstreet rocker Someday We'll
Linger in the Sun. Carefully, patiently, the music unfolds with a myriad of tasteful choices: a Hammond B-3 organ harmonizing
briefly with the heartbreak vocal of The Last Three Feet; the polyrhythmic art rock sensibility of I Wait.

Bright, bare minimalism adorns the Irish-tinged original Grace and a Tender Hand, while a foreboding darkness inhabits the Finnish
traditional instrumental, Metsakukkia. This genre-defying album winds down with some welcomed serenity during the ballad
Moment of Bliss, which is a fitting end to this emotionally satisfying listening experience. Learning How To Stay is Gaelynn Lea's
finest moment to date and shows a true artist developing right in front of our eyes. (Simon Tucker, Louder Than War)
In addition to performing and recording, Gaelynn also loves to do public speaking engagements about disability awareness,
accessibility in the arts, and living an enriching life. She has a congenital disability called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, or Brittle Bones Disease. Gaelynn is a strong voice in the disability community; she uses her music as a platform to advocate for people with disabilities and to promote positive social change.

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The Brudenell is a lively and fun loving venue that embraces music and art under a wide and diverse umbrella that has no boundaries.

Our open music policy believes in freedom and creation and holds the belief that music and expression provide useful social interaction.

It is a community ‘non profitmaking’ venue, that holds charitable status, based in Leeds 6. The Brudenell Social Club is owned by its members, run by its members, for its members.

The Brudenell is most famous for hosting secret gigs for bands like Franz Ferdinand and the Kaiser Chiefs. However, it has been a centrepiece of the Leeds music scene for a number of years, and hosts gigs most nights of the week, which are put on by a variety of local promoters.

33 Queens Road,

Burley,

Leeds,

West Yorkshire,

England,

LS6 1NY.

0113 275 2411