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
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