Violinist Gaelynn Lea is interviewed by sisters Annie and Cecilia Galke before her performance at the MidWest Music Store in Winona, Minn. on Saturday, October 8.

Gaelynn was brought to national attention when she won National Public Radio’s 2nd annual Tiny Desk contest, in which entrants submitted a video of themselves performing behind a desk.  According to NPR, Lea’s submission was selected from more than 6,000 entries.  She was flown to Washington, D.C., where she performed songs by herself and with bandmate and fellow Duluth musician Alan Sparhawk.

The YouTube video from this performance has since had over 700,000 views and her video submission has over 400,000 views.  Gaelynn is now touring full time with her husband, primarily playing solo shows, and occasionally with The Murder of Crows, her project with Sparhawk.  The two song clips featured in this video are “Your Battle”  and “Bird Song”

https://violinscratches.com     Gaelynn’s website