Gaelynn Lea

about

Gaelynn Lea is a musician from Duluth, MN. She has been playing violin for over twenty years. First classically trained, she began learning traditional Celtic and American fiddle tunes at the age of 18. During her college years Gaelynn started sitting in with various folk/rock musicians and developed an improvisational style all her own. Eventually she also began singing and dabbling in songwriting. Gaelynn has played alongside many notable Minnesota musicians over the years, including Alan Sparhawk, Charlie Parr, and Billy McLaughlin. Her song "Someday We'll Linger in the Sun " won NPR Music’s 2016 Tiny Desk Contest, a competition drawing submissions of original songs from more than 6,000 musicians across the country. Gaelynn Lea’s musical reach has expanded significantly because of the Tiny Desk Contest. She began touring nationally in September 2016 with her husband Paul. Gaelynn also does speaking engagements about disability, finding inner freedom, and the power of music. Gaelynn has a congenital disability called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, or Brittle Bones Disease. In recent years, she has used her music as a platform to advocate for people with disabilities and to promote positive social change. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Someday We'll Linger in the Sun

Learning How to Stay

All The Roads That Lead Us Home

The Songs We Sing Along the Way

Music From Macbeth

Deepest Darkness, Brightest Dawn

The Long Way Around

All Changing Tides

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The Living Room Sessions: Gaelynn Lea Live

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Someday We'll Linger in the Sun - Single

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Starving

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Perfect

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