Steve Eulberg: What's New?

I've got new patriotic song lessons posted on www.JamPlay.com. These include: America (My Country 'Tis of Thee), America the Beautiful, The Star-Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, Boston Beans (by Jean Ritchie) and i miss america by yours, truly. Samples of these are also available on youtube!

Butch Ross interviewed several people connected with the National Dulcimer Contests at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas and I was included as one of the interviewees.

Since I've never won the big kahuna prize (1st place) I'm not listed in the title...thus my claim to being the "John MacEnroe of the Dulcimer World". (I do try to be the grown-up version of John, however, rather than the ill-tempered, bad-mannered one!)

This article is currently on the newstands and you can learn more (and subscribe!) here: http://dpnews.com/issues/Summer08/Summer08.html

The Second Set Mountain Dulcimer Concert" and the Flash Mountain Dulcimer Brigade were both highlighted!

June marks the 3rd anniversary of the release of "I Celebrate Life!" (and 4th anniversary of the printing of the accompanying song/tablature book).

Yesterday, it received a brand-new review by Virginia MacIsaac that was posted on Rambles.net.

When one releases and sends art like music into the world, it is free to travel where it will and I am humbled that this long after its launching this music evokes a thoughtful review from a careful listener!

Here's a sample: "At first look this one appears to be a children's CD because of the smiling young face on the cover. However, after the first few tracks,...there are instrumentals that will become part of those I will return to again and again....'First Snow'--how music can capture the silence of snow falling, I don't know, but it happens right here...'Portage River' almost sounds like a jig. Two fiddling sisters join in, Carole and Teresa Lundgren, flowing and ripply, just like a river. With "Summer Storm" a wind builds under our ears, fluttering, swaying, whooshing and waving...." to read more go to: http://www.rambles.net/eulberg_celebr05.html

Steve's April 20th Concert with Dan Paul at the 3 Bells Cafe in Santa Cruz, California, has been archived at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/363104

Songs include: Golden Slippers (HD), World Without Walls, Set Your Back (to the setting sun); Ferret Frolic,
Lake Ozark Blues (MD); war is sweet, i miss america (guitar); Dutch Hop Set (HD); Gospel Medley (I'll Fly Away, I Saw the Light/ Swing Down Chariot) and more!

During my St. Patrick's Day tour in Florida last month, Bing Futch and I had a nice morning playing music and talking about dulcimers at his house.

This is the first of Dulcimer Players News weekly podcasts. You can tune in and catch it here.

http://www.dpnews.com/podcast.html

later this week it will be available on iTunes also.

Bing and I play my original tune: "Soaring", the Irish jig "The Road to Lisdoonvarna", "Swallowtail Jig" and Butch visits the Ohio Valley Gathering and more!

Dulcimerica Podcast #72 on Youtube!

"Wow, I wish ALL my friends and family could have been in my living room for Steve's performance. It was terrific! Steve might have thought he had a bit of a challenge, I imagine, in winning over the hearts of the folks who were not familiar with his music and didn't know him. However, it seemed getting everyone's toes tapping and heads nodding and car keys jingling was as easy as eating a piece of cheese cake, if ya know what I mean!!

Steve Eulberg is an interesting and entertainingly friendly fellow. He came from Colorado to the Folk Alliance's Internatonal Folk Festival show case at the Marriott in downtown Memphis and for his part in a board meeting of the Local 1000 (traveling musicians' union). He was a busy person as he kept his head, heart, and music in the two places he needed to be: downtown amidst the international business and performances of folk music and the cozy comfortable dulcimer folk world in my living room....and he did a beautiful job of it. ..." —Carla Maxwell read more here

Steve's CD Release ("a piece of it all") and 10th Anniversary Celebration was featured in this week's "The Ticket" portion of the Fort Collins, Coloradoan. Click here to read it.

My song, "was is sweet" was chosen for efolkmusic.com's fre-mp3-download compilation vol 3 this month. Visit efolkmusic.org to get your copy today!

"a piece of it all" ranked in the top 10 of local spins on KRFC fm 88.9, our local homegrown, community-powered radio station, Oct 20-26 and Oct 29-Nov 2, 2007. Available streaming on the internet.

"a piece of it all" has 5 songs in the top 40 of the Independent Country and Independent Inspirational Charts reported by The Music Review.

Here's the October update:

"war is sweet" which topped the Indie Country chart in September remained in the top 10 at #9, where it debuted in August.

"i miss america" entered in the top 20 charting at #18 in October.

"a ship may be safe" which entered at #19 in August, rose to #15 in September and now logs in at #39 for October.

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"rock on rock" entered the Top 40 Independent Inspirational Chart at #27 in August, climbing to #9 in September, stayed in the top ten at #3 for October.

"beauty in the world" entered the same chart at #36 in September, rising to #30 in October.

JamPlay.com, where I teach on-line video guitar lessons for Beginners, Bluegrass and Fingerstyle lessons, has passed 1,500 subscribers! Check it out!

Look for Holiday-Specific Lessons coming soon.

"a piece of it all" is on the 50th GRAMMY Ballot:

Field 14 Folk
Category 69 Best contemporary folk/americana album
Entry #050

Visit the "Listen to Music" to the left to listen and the "Buy Music" link to the left to purchase!

JamPlay.com, where I teach on-line video guitar lessons for Beginners, Bluegrass and Fingerstyle lessons, has passed 1,000 subscribers! Check it out!

The Music Review, reports that in September 2007, "War is Sweet" (from "a piece of it all") reached the #1 slot on their Independent Country Chart!

Eulberg's new CD, "a piece of it" all, is garnering radio airplay worldwide:

"War is Sweet" breaks into the Top 10! The Music Review's Top 40 Independent Country Songs August 2007 debuts Eulberg's song at #9. (His highest entry in this chart!)

Rein Wortelboer of OMROEP VENRAY in The Netherlands spun "Who am I?" and "Beauty in the World" in the first week of August.

Country Music Denmark on Radio Dandelion chose "Beauty in the World in July and "Rock on Rock" in August.

Music 4 You, also in Denmark spun "Careless Love" in August.

Bob's Country Show, Radio Eketahuna, New Zealand, closed their 8/3/07 show with Porch Swingin' and War is Sweet.

Friday late night show on Rockabilly Radio, Oamaru, New Zealand featured 4 tracks "Set Your Back (to the Setting Sun)", "Beauty in the World", "Porch Swingin'"and "A Ship May Be Safe".

Jean Castro of Radio Frequence Verte in Marmoutier, France featured a tri-fecta of "A Ship May Be Safe", "Careless Love" and "I Miss America" in the middle of its 8/10/07 show.

"War is Sweet" was played on Hootenany Power from Baton Rouge on 8/6/07.

The Colorado Sound on KRFC, Fort Collins Colorado included "a piece of it all" in its July report for year-to-date top spins for the month of July. Eulberg's new CD is one of 4 in second position (19 spins).

Contact your local radio station to request Steve Eulberg's music on your favorite show. If they don't have the CD, send us the DJ or program manager's name and station address and we can help you be a piece of it all, too!

Steve Eulberg has been cast as "Musician" in the Openstage Theater Production of Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman.


Eulberg will play santur (Persian hammered dulcimer) on stage with percussionists as musical accompaniment and sound effects for the 2-Act play.

The show, directed by Peter Anthony, will be performed on weekends throughout September at the Lincoln Center mini-theater in Fort Collins, Colorado.

"It is very exciting to be part of live theater again," Eulberg notes, "and wrapping my head around arabic maqamat is challenging and fun. The santur is likely the original version of the hammered dulcimer (which is played from right to left, unlike any other instrument in the Western world) so I get to connect with its ancestry as well!"

Visit the Openstage Theater Company's website for more details about showtimes and links to purchase tickets.

Steve Eulberg, a popular teacher at JamPlay.com, has added more Bluegrass Lessons (now totalling 8) and has begun to record Fingerstyle Guitar lessons for this on-line guitar resource.

Visit http://www.jamplay.com and try them out!

"Coventry Carol" from Steve's 2003 release "'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime" was chosen for the 3rd Volume in the Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer series produced by Susan Trump.

The recording, which will be released this Fall, features seasonal Christmas tunes from mountain dulcimer players across the country.

Steve's "Noel Newvelet" from his 2001 release, "Soaring", was tapped for the Masters Vol. 2 collection.

"It is an incredible honor to be included with the stellar dulcimer players invited by Susan for these projects. I am touched and humbled," Steve remarked from Parkville, MO (Kansas City) where he is teaching Beginning Hammered Dulcimer and conducting the Mountain Dulcimer Orchestra for the Heritage Dulcimer Camp.

Like Volumes 1 & 2, this release will be mastered by Charlie Pinzer of Airshow Mastering.

"a piece of it all" is getting live-air and internet spins, report several DJs.

Jeff Koepke: KRFC 88.9 fm, Fort Collins, Colorado June 30th

Ron Drury: July1st "CONGRATULATIONS on the CD release today STEVE!!!
So GLAD to hear that it is already selling(o:) In the first hour i baited the listeners in the 1st hour with"We are an answer to Prayer" & "Dancing with Wu-Li"(both from Steve's 2005 release, I Celebrate Life).... and then in the NEW MUSIC FEATURE HOUR we played "Beauty in this world" and "Who Am I?!"!! We had the most positive response to "Who Am I?!"!! We will be playing more with all of this positive calls!"

Jim: Whole Wheat Radio (www.wholewheatradio.org), Talkeetna, Alaska, July 11th

Jennifer: July 11th "We received your cool CD today and just wanted to let you know that we've incorporated a couple of your fantastic tunes into our updated playlist. Ahhhh.....yes, I hear 'Sad' playing over the air right now as I write this note!

Also, we update our playlist every couple of weeks and will rotate your tracks at those times.

I'm proud to say that our growing audience is truly global with listeners coming from all over the world: US (of course), Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Greece, China, Korea, Italy with listeners from numerous other countries tuning in on a regular basis. Needless to say, this is just what we were hoping for when we started our station up in April.

Thank you again Steve for sending the CD for our station - what lucky listeners we have!

Cordially,
Jennifer Ranger
Kattywompus Internet Radio
http://www.live365.com/stations/kattywompus

In addition, Steve will be hosted by Jo Ann Heddleston for KRFC's "Live @ Lunch" program from 12-1pm on Monday, July 16th. 88.9 fm or streaming on the internet: www.krfcfm.org

Contact your local radio station if you want to hear "a piece of it all" where you live!