Main: David Luning 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.”
“It was definitely a pivot but I knew then what I wanted to do with my life…” Luning says. “I wanted to be a singer-songwriting artist.” And turns out, he had quite a knack for it. His talent for capturing the failures and triumphs, the joys and sadness of the human heart, have led to his songs being placed on many TV shows from Nashville and Grimm, to Lucifer, and most recently, the full length feature film 57 Seconds, starring Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson.
Opening Band ~ Ellie James Band: Your new favorite song is just around the corner. Enter the world of singer-songwriter and producer Ellie James, and treat yourself to a show unlike any you've ever seen. Stylistically unique and captivating, Ellie James mixes lush indie-pop sounds with the style and edge of her rock ’n’ roll background. Her music is both genuine and dance-inducing, as she uses real instruments and electronic production to weave musical stories all her own. Ellie has been performing professionally all over the world for more than 10 years, most recently opening up for Grammy-winning artist Colbie Caillat, and playing to electric audiences at Hollywood’s famous Viper Room and San Francisco’s Cafe du Nord.