Selasa, 19 Desember 2017

How Gigi Love Got Her Start

By Melissa Scott


This is a performing artist who is the original Trails & Rails Troubadour. Trails & Rails is a program that has been organized by both the National Park Service and Amtrak as a way of getting people to enjoy the natural wonders of national parks all from the comfort of an Amtrak train. As a part of this program, Gigi Love performs both on these long train rides and at breathtaking performance sites in many parks across the country.

By taking the time to visit the many wonderful natural sites at the many national parks across the country, Love's music perfectly reflects the things that people can see, feel, and experience in these places. From 2015 to 2017, she spent two years going around to nearly two dozen national parks to absorb everything she could from the places. She took many notes along the way, and what came from these notes are many of the songs that can be found in her album celebrating the centennial of national parks.

This is a type of music that takes the listener on a journey, even when they are not really enjoying a live performance on the train. The lyrics and bluesy melodies have a way of conveying the dreams and visions of the storyteller so that the audience becomes completely wrapped up in it. Her songs often depict the travels she has gone on.

Dallas is the place where many great musicians got their start, and it is the place where Gigi was born and grew up. When she was seven, she knew she wanted to sing and play guitar, and got right to playing and practice as much as she could. By the time she was twelve, she was already performing at some big-name place.

A lot of people have heard her name before because of the widespread public exposure she attained after performing at some very big events for extremely large audiences. One of her big breakthrough events was opening for the Dave Matthews Band at the Columbia River Gorge. Her performance at the Salt Lake Winter Olympic Closing Ceremonies led to many opportunities in her career.

This folk artist debuted with the NRFA in 2016 with the Suzi Wollenberg Folk DJ Showcase. Artists she's toured with include Kate McLeod, as well as with a Utah Phillips cover band with Duncan Phillips. Love's amazing voice compliments these tunes perfectly.

This particular album and project was always about Love's passion for these beautiful parks. She wanted to use the power of songwriting and use it to convey the beauty, history, and importance of these natural wonders. By performing this music that she has specifically crafted for each park in the parks themselves, she has effectively created a soundtrack for nature.

Yosemite Gold is Love's first song that was written about a national park. The story goes that she performed at Yosemite, and came across a rock climber who needed gas money and was offering to sell his mandolin. She bought the mandolin and took it to El Capitan Meadow, where she sat and wrote Yosemite Gold.




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