Luke Gullickson writes and plays music that explores the unmapped spaces between folk, jazz/improvisational styles, and contemporary classical composition.
He records as a singer-songwriter under the name Golconda and plays with composer-performer trio Grant Wallace Band, whose unique sound the New York Times described as "spidery original bluegrass."
Luke studied music at the University of Texas at Austin and developed his guitar fingerpicking and songwriting during an artist residency at Joshua Tree National Park. He has also been a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Ucross Foundation, and the Banff Centre, where his work as an improvising pianist received a TD Jazz Fellowship.
Luke has also worked as a theater music director in Colorado and as a wilderness guide in New Mexico. When not wandering various corners of the American West, he lives in Chicago. Please write: mail (at) lukegullickson (dot) com
He records as a singer-songwriter under the name Golconda and plays with composer-performer trio Grant Wallace Band, whose unique sound the New York Times described as "spidery original bluegrass."
Luke studied music at the University of Texas at Austin and developed his guitar fingerpicking and songwriting during an artist residency at Joshua Tree National Park. He has also been a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Ucross Foundation, and the Banff Centre, where his work as an improvising pianist received a TD Jazz Fellowship.
Luke has also worked as a theater music director in Colorado and as a wilderness guide in New Mexico. When not wandering various corners of the American West, he lives in Chicago. Please write: mail (at) lukegullickson (dot) com
