Friday Night Live at the Cloverdale Plaza presents David Luning Band
July 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
FREE
With the intuitive sense and emotional depth of a filmmaker, California native David Luning looks deeply into the human condition in his music, exploring its shadowy recesses and its brilliantly lit corners. He spent a few years studying film scoring at the Berklee College of Music, then John Prine’s music changed his life. “Some friends of mine shared John’s music with me… And it was like discovering a whole other way to approach music. It made me realize just how powerful the right lyric can be. The right lyric can create a thousand images and stories in your head and therefore can hit pretty hard emotionally.”
Luning brings his consummate storytelling skills and musical ingenuity to his third album, Lessons. The songs range from the echoing poignance of “Out of My Head”, to the infectious rhythms of “The Way It Goes” and the ethereal strains of “The Moon Looks Cool Tonight.” Luning, a multi-instrumentalist, plays acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, percussion and synth on the new album. “Recording is really my favorite thing to do in this world and it was a treat to get to work with Damien Lewis (producer/engineer) and the many incredible musicians that brought this album to life.” The blend of folk, blues, and country offers a freedom and spaciousness that allows Luning to follow his reflections down wherever they lead him, resulting in soaring, cinematic moments or flashes of quiet introspection.