Greg McGarvey is an American singer, songwriter, acoustic/electric/lap steel guitarist. His performances are a compelling trip through his stylistically diverse songbook, accompanied by storytelling and, especially with his band Dead Painters, freewheeling improvisation.

“Songwriting helps me to celebrate meaningful moments, while also being freer to move into the future having left behind bread crumbs to the past. Time capsules that you can dance to. Something like that.

Mostly my songs are about the search for beauty and transcendence in a complicated and sometimes ugly world. Of all the art forms, music is the one that gets to my heart in the most intense and lasting way.”