Road Stories

By Sunna Gunnlaugs Tagged as Eugene, Jim Wilke, Portland, Seattle, Tim Willcox, Tulas

Touring the US part 2

Click here to read Part One 19 Eugene OR We served ourselves some lovely mix of avocado, berries and cacao nibs for breakfast. It beats "Awful" House. Tweeted out a call for a recommendations for the best coffee house in Eureka but with no reply defaulted to Starbucks. The old houses in Eureka are amazing....

12 years ago3 years ago

By Sunna Gunnlaugs

Touring the US part 1

Hi everybody, Our tour of the US is going great. We've been so busy that we haven't had a moment to post updates but here are the 1st 3 days. 16 Berkeley CA Scott had forgotten his shoes in VA so the first order of business was to hunt down a Camper store and get...

13 years ago5 years ago

By Sunna Gunnlaugs Tagged as Jazzkeller Frankfurt, Oskar Gudjonsson, Scott McLemore, Þorgrímur Jónsson

Starting a Tour with a Big Bang!

Last September I headed over to Germany with my quartet for some gigs. We landed in Frankfurt and when we stepped off the plane we saw a suitcase fall from the luggage compartment and hit the pavement. We made some jokes about it then went inside to wait for our luggage. After waiting for a...

14 years ago5 years ago

By Sunna Gunnlaugs Tagged as Blue Church, Kjartan Kjartansson, Recording, Scott McLemore, Seyðisfjörður, Þorgrímur Jónsson

Trio Recording in Seyðisfjörður

Last week I wrote a blogpost "Coincidences with a Purpose?" about events leading up to my trio's recording in the town of Seyðisfjörður (population under 800). I always enjoy traveling with a band and especially to the small towns in Iceland. There is a certain sense of calm in these towns, a charm to the...

14 years ago5 years ago

By Sunna Gunnlaugs Tagged as Andres Thor, Hofsós, Iceland, Scott McLemore, Siglufjörður

Playing 40km South of the Arctic Circle

Four days after returning to Iceland from the USA I packed my bags again and got in the car. This time Scott and I were heading to the northern part of Iceland to play in the town of Siglufjörður which is only 40 km (25 miles) south of the Arctic Circle.

14 years ago3 years ago

By Sunna Gunnlaugs Tagged as Alexis Cuadrado, An Die Musik, Buttonwood Tree, Cambridge, Dan Fabricatore, It's only natural, Lily Pad, Loren Stillman, Noah Baerman, Scott McLemore, US Tour 2010

US Tour Diary. Day 5 + 6

Day 5, Saturday June 19th. New York to CT Read Part 1 | Part 2| Part 3 We thought we were giving ourselves plenty of time when we left NY at 3pm but apparently everybody else in New York decided to leave the city at the same time and head up to Maine. Traffic was...

14 years ago5 years ago

By Sunna Gunnlaugs Tagged as Alexis Cuadrado, Cafe Grumpy, Dan Fabricatore, jazz, Park Slope, Scott McLemore, Trumpets, US Tour 2010, V spot, William Paterson

US Tour Day 4

Day 4, Friday June 18th. Baltimore to New Jersey. A Day of Driving. Go to Part 1 | Part 2 Driving to New York today was pretty smooth. We were shocked by how much we had to pay in road tolls and glad we didn't hit much traffic. We dropped Loren off in Brooklyn since...

14 years ago5 years ago

By Sunna Gunnlaugs Tagged as Alan Blackman, An Die Musik, Baltimore, Dan Fabricatore, jazz, Loren Stillman, Scott McLemore, US Tour 2010

US Tour, Day 2 + 3

Day Two and Three. Thursday June 18th. Baltimore It is amazing how hard it is to find the time to even maintain a blog while on the road and not to mention a internet connection. Sadly our car doesn't come equipped with on. So Wednesday was our day off, sort of, in Baltimore. Unfortunately instead...

14 years ago3 years ago

By Sunna Gunnlaugs Tagged as Alan Blackman, Scott McLemore, US Tour 2010

On The Road Again

On the Road Again. Tuesday June 15th. I'm going on the road for a week now with performances in 5 states which you can see here. I will try to keep a tour diary so you can be there with me… in spirit at least if not at the concerts.

14 years ago5 years ago

By Sunna Gunnlaugs Tagged as Europe, Matt Pavolka, Ohad Talmor, Scott McLemore, Tour 2002

Touring Central Europe

I have played in Central Europe only once and it was quite an experience. It was March 2002. We had been performing in Western Europe and had grown accustomed to crossing borders without showing passports, not having to worry about exchanging currency and communicating using either English, German or French. You might say we'd been...

Login

Road Stories