Steve Eulberg
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | SELF | AFM
Music
Press
"...Steve is a superb dulcimer player by any standard, a positive and giving person and a first-rate composer with a unique knack of writing tunes that fit the instrument perfectly. I Celebrate Life is his magnum opus, and I recommend it highly." - Dulcimer Players News
The moniker "toe tapping Folkgrass" is indeed an appealing description for the music on this album and inclues the crossover from folk into county and back." - Blue Boogie CD Review (Belgium)
"Oh man, oh man, oh man! From now on when you think of world-class dulcimer talent, multi-instrumentalist, folk music social consciousness, and great sense of humor you'll have to think of two people John McCutcheon and Steve Eulberg. Eulberg truly does have "a piece of it all" in his newest release by the same name. " - Jim Babcock
Steve Eulberg’s “A Piece Of It All” (Owl Mountain Music) has a very traditional feel though, generally, the arrangements are more modern and this blend of traditionalism and modernity really works. Steve tackles a few thorny issues in these 13 songs and there might be the odd one that makes some listeners a little uncomfortable as he holds forth on subjects like political, religious and ethnic intolerance, changing moral values, social injustice, human relationships simple and complex and conflicting emotions. Accompanying Steve’s vocals on what I suppose is a social commentary is his own guitars and mountain and hammered dulcimers with Anne Lindsay (fiddle), Chris Whiteley (brilliant harmonica!), Ken Whiteley (mandolin, accordion and a variety of keys), George Koller (bass) and Brad Hart (drums). The programme includes the achingly beautiful “Sad”, a superb revival of the traditional “Careless Love” (just catch that harmonica, mandolin and guitar), the wonderful journey to discover oneself in “I Was Lost” and
the spiritual “Beauty In The World”. - Pete Smith's Reviews http://www.eboards4all.com/206687/messages/61291.html
"An excellently mastered collection...all richly arranged....demonstrates how an artist's love for particular instrumentation and tunes can stimulate such creativity." - Sing Out!
"Shimmering, clear and clean instruments...music that goes beyond words." —Tim Van Schmidt - Riff Magazine
"A fine disc to create a seasonal atmosphere for mind and spirit." - Dirty Linen
"A very interesting folk cd...a beautiful tapestry of original and traditional songs." —Will Owen - Rambles.net
"....soft and spicy guitar work, crafting mellow vocals into a James Taylor house..." —Ben Ohmart - Muses Muse Musical Reviews
"...fun-loving, smile-inducing folkgrass, to soaring, John Denver-style country folk to a kicked back feet teetering on Jimmy Buffet in Appalachia..." - cdbaby.com
Discography
a piece of it all (2007) (produced by Ken Whiteley of Toronto) Brand new release of original songs, long-simmered. "War is Sweet" topped the Indie Country Chart reported by The Music Review at #1, Sept 2007, on the first Grammy Ballot: Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album, 2007.
Serenade to the Canada Goose (2006) Original soundtrack for this DVD by Positive Communication.
I Celebrate Life! (2005) Original songs and tunes for Mountain and Hammered Dulcimer "...his magnum opus."--Dulcimer Players News
'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (2003) "A La Nanita Nana" was featured on United Airlines' Inflight Audio Nov-Dec 2003. On the first Grammy Ballot Instrumental Single 2003.
Ponder (2002) Single
Soaring (2001) Title Track chosen for the soundtrack of the PBS Program RoadTrip Nation (Episode 10) airing Summer 2005
Title Track featured on NPR's Open Mic January 2004!
Hark, the Glad Sound (1999) Used for musical "buttons" on NPR's broadcast program
Holy Mountain (1998)
All have received enthusiastic reviews and radio airplay across the US, Europe and Australia/New Zealand.
All have charted on the Independent Music Review in New York.
Tracks are available for sampling at cdbaby.com and the Owl Mountain Music webpage: www.owlmountainmusic.com.
Digital downloads on all the major services are being enjoyed by customers as well.
All releases can be previewed at http://www.steveeulberg.com/music.html
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Bio
Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Steve Eulberg, weaves mountain and hammered dulcimers with guitar, percussion, keyboard and a variety of unusual instruments to create thought-provoking, smile-inducing, toe-tapping acoustic experiences. He has sung and composed for religious communities, union halls, picket lines, inter-faith retreats, mountain-top youth camps, as well
as the more familiar venues: clubs, coffeehouses, bookstores, festivals and showcase concerts.
He has composed commissions for choral work and symphonic works featuring dulcimers and Australian didjeridu; and composed and recorded the original soundtrack for a DVD by Positive Communication entitled "Serenade to the Canada Goose."
Of Anglo-Celtic and German Heritage, he is a member of Local 1000 AFM who passionately believes that music builds community across cultural barriers. His innercity work with African-American, Latino and working-class folks has been an important crucible for his artistry.
He has been influenced by the fiddlers of his youth, the Americana of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, the contemporary artistry of John McCutcheon, Kim McKee, Tom Paxton, Karen Mueller, Bryan Bowers, Susan Trump and Heidi Muller, the blues power of B.B. King, Lightning Hopkins and Robert Johnson.
Eulberg has won five prizes in the National Mountain Dulcimer Championship and three times been a finalist in the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship in Winfield, Kansas.
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