Gaelynn Lea
Bio
Gaelynn Lea is a musician and public speaker. She plays original music and traditional fiddle songs. In 2016, Lea won NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest. She has toured in over 45 states and nine countries. She has appeared in several festivals (including SXSW, Winnipeg Folk Festival, and Reykjavik Arts Festival) and opened for numerous bands (including Wilco, The Decemberists, LOW, The Jayhawks, and Pigface). She uses her music as a platform to advocate for disabled people.
(All information from Gaelynn Lea's website)
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Video Description
This video opens on a still of tulips with soft plucking violin music playing in the background. The title, “The Long Way Around” then appears on a white screen with a single black pen to the right of the text. The video then shows interspersed shots of a close-up of a woman’s hand playing the violin, a close-up of a man’s hand using a pen to draw tulips, a woman in a motor wheelchair, a man walking and nature. Sat against a black background, the woman holds a violin and begins to sing. She has a pink flower in her air and an eyebrow piercing on her left eyebrow. Later in the video, there are shots of the woman and man sitting together and walking/rolling in a park. The man adds two figures to his drawing of the tulips. One figure is playing the violin.