Steve Eulberg

Artist Information

Biography

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.

Instrumentation

Hammered and mountain dulcimers, guitar, dulci-bro, ban-jammer.

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

Links

• Facebook
• Last.fm
• MySpace
• ReverbNation

Audio

• i miss america
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• who am i?
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• (6-String) Mail Order Bride
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• didn't know i was lost
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• war is sweet
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• A Ship May Be Safe
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• Soaring
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• Set Your Back (to the setting sun)
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• beauty in the world-final
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• Porch Swingin'
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• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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• We Three Kings
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• Ponder
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• i said nothing
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Lyrics

• Beauty in the World
• Didn't Know I Was Lost
• i miss america
• war is sweet
• Ponder
• A Ship May Be Safe
• Porch Swingin'
• Soaring
• (6-String) Mail Order Bride

Video

Pepper Song

I Am A Pond

Photo Gallery

Press

• a piece of it all [+ Show ]
  

  The moniker "toe tapping Folkgrass" is indeed an appealing description for the music on this album a...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."

• a piece of it all [+ Show ]
  

  "Oh man, oh man, oh man! From now on when you think of world-class dulcimer talent, multi-instrument..."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. "

• I Celebrate Life--Neal Walters [+ Show ]
  

  "...Steve is a superb dulcimer player by any standard, a positive and giving person and a first-rate..."...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."

• 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime [+ Show ]
  

  "An excellently mastered collection...all richly arranged....demonstrates how an artist's love for p..."An excellently mastered collection...all richly arranged....demonstrates how an artist's love for particular instrumentation and tunes can stimulate such creativity."

• Soaring
  

  "Shimmering, clear and clean instruments...music that goes beyond words." —Tim Van Schmidt

• 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
  

  "A fine disc to create a seasonal atmosphere for mind and spirit."

• Soaring
  

  "A very interesting folk cd...a beautiful tapestry of original and traditional songs." —Will Owen

• Soaring
  

  "....soft and spicy guitar work, crafting mellow vocals into a James Taylor house..." —Ben Ohmart

• Soaring [+ Show ]
  

  "...fun-loving, smile-inducing folkgrass, to soaring, John Denver-style country folk to a kicked bac..."...fun-loving, smile-inducing folkgrass, to soaring, John Denver-style country folk to a kicked back feet teetering on Jimmy Buffet in Appalachia..."

• a piece of it all [+ Show ]
  

  Steve Eulberg’s “A Piece Of It All” (Owl Mountain Music) has a very traditional feel though, general...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”.

Setlist

Typical set list is 45-50 min long, 2-3 sets. Most are composed of original and traditional acoustic instrumentals and songs from Old-Time, Folk, and Celtic traditions, with a bluesy twist.
Traditional Tunes include:
Waly, Waly
Shady Grove
Simple Gifts
Careless Love
Cindy
Cripple Creek
Arkansas Traveller
Air Falalalo
Crawdad Song

Some covers include:
St. Louis Blues (HD)
Summertime (MD or HD)
Take Five (HD)
Rocky Mountain High (Denver)
Time In A Bottle (Croce)

Originals include:
Soaring
Lake Ozark Blues
Maquiladora
I Am A Pond
Orphan Train
(6-String) Mail Order Bride
Uncle Jim's Song
War Is Sweet
i miss america
Small Things
Beauty in the World
I Said Nothing
Didn't know I was Lost
There's Nothing Like the Sound of a Woman
Porch Swingin'
Set Your Back (to the setting sun)

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