GAELYNN LEA
MUSICIAN, COMPOSER,
ACTIVIST & Author

INTERVIEW AIRED 3/20/24

Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest in 2016. Since then, she has performed around the world and has opened for Wilco, The Decemberists, LOW, and the industrial rock supergroup Pigface. She also composed the music for Macbeth on Broadway in 2022.

One of Gaelynn Lea's biggest passions is promoting Disability Culture. She co-founded RAMPD [Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities] with NYC-based recording artist Lachi in early 2022.

Gaelynn is also a member of the Recording Academy & enjoys serving on the Advocacy Committee. Most recently, Gaelynn Lea co-wrote, acted, and sang in a new musical fable for the stage called Invisible Fences with disabled storyteller Kevin Kling, which premiered at Open Eye Theater in 2023. It is set to be revived in November 2024 at Zeitgeist Arts Theater in Duluth, MN.

Currently, Gaelynn Lea is writing a book about her touring adventures & disability advocacy that will be released by Algonquin Books in 2025. LINGER IN THE SUN is a love-letter to every body; a warm, funny and deeply-felt memoir about disability, music, and the messy creativity of an artist's life.

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