Biography

Gigi Love writes songs that depict the people and places that she has experienced and that have inspired her. Her songs take her listeners on musical journeys and encourage them to see the world the way she does. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Love began playing the guitar and singing at age seven, and by twelve she was performing at major venues around the state, including Johnnie Highs Country Music Review in Ft. Worth.

Many DJs may remember Gigi from her NERFA debut at the Suzi Wollenberg Folk DJ Showcase in 2016, singing songs from her National Parks Centennial Songs, including "Yosemite Gold" which hit #9 on the International Folk DJ Chart for June of 2016. In 2016-17, Gigi was interviewed by numerous DJs including Jim Sereda (WUSB), Artie Martello (WIOX), John Rumsey (KVMR), Art Menius (WCOM) and Jon Stein (WTBQ) among several others. In 2017, Gigi Love was named the first Trails & Rails Troubadour for an interpretive program in cooperation with the National Park Service and Amtrak, performing her national parks songs on long-distance Amtrak trains and in national parks across the country. Love has been honored to perform at many national parks and monuments since 2016, including a special appearance in July 2019 at the Grand Canyon for its 100th Anniversary. National Parks Magazine’s (Fall, 2017) feature about Gigi “For Love and Trains,” reached over 650,000 readers.
Gigi also toured the west with Duncan Phillips, son of Utah Phillips, in a Utah Phillips tribute band called Bums on the Plush. Her rendition of Utah’s song “Going Away” can be heard the Waterbug Label release, Long Gone. Love has opened for Dave Matthews, Lyle Lovett, Christine Lavin, John Gorka, Jo Dee Messina, Jefferson Starship, Howard Jones, Richard Thompson, and many more acclaimed artists.
She has performed at prestigious venues including the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremonies for 52,0000 people in Salt Lake City, the Kate Wolf Festival, Moab Folk Festival, Arise Music Festival and Utah Arts Festival.
Gigi is now promoting her new single, “Dancing with the Beauty,” and producing a compilation project called Listen to the Red Rock. These songs are being showcased to bring awareness to America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act and what is at stake if the lands she so loves are not protected and preserved.

Watch the music video for her single, Dancing with the Beauty, on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/g4r-cfsx_CE

Quotes

“Love weaves a throaty honky-tonk blues and folk sensibility from her native Texas into melodies as strong and clear as the early spring desert sunshine of her adopted Utah” - Redding Searchlight

“The result is an audio cross-country road trip with Love's earnest, golden voice behind the wheel.”
- Alex Springer, Salt Lake City Weekly

“Love wants to inspire people, further their appreciation of the arts and ignite (or reignite) their love for parks.” - Katherine DeGroff, NPCA Magazine

Discography:
2016 – National Parks Centennial Songs - #32 album, #9 song, International Folk DJ chart June 2016
2012 – Sweet Relief
2011 – Long Gone: Utah Remembers Bruce “Utah” Phillips (Waterbug), featured song “Going Away”
2008 – Cosmic Tales of the West
2004 – Turning to Gold
2001 – Coyote Bones