Singer Songwriter Night with Dana Cooper, Dustin Dale Gaspard, and Reece Sullivan

Don't miss this distinctive NUNU Singer Songwriter Night with Nashville's Dana Cooper and Louisiana's Dustin Dale Gaspard and Reece Sullivan! Wednesday March 5 in the Singleton's Pure Listening Room at the NUNU gallery in Arnaudville!

tickets $25 Doors 6pm, Music 7:30

Complementary drinks, and beans and rice will be available (donations and tips accepted and appreciated)

Dana Cooper

NASHVILLE, TN - Acclaimed singer-songwriter Dana Cooper released his highly anticipated 32nd studio album, “The Ghost of Tucumcari”, on May 17, 2024. Featuring an All-Star lineup of guest artists, the album marks a major achievement for the veteran musician after over 50 years in the business.

Artists lending their voices to this project New Album are Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, Susan Gibson, Mando Saenz, Darden Smith, Shake Russell, Libby Koch and more.  The Album has been on the Folk Music Radio Chart for 4 months debuting at #7. And on Alt Country Chart ranking #9.
It is receiving notable radio airplay worldwide, giving this album the highest numbers of any Dana Cooper Release. 200,000+ streams on digital platforms.

“The Ghost of Tucumcari” takes listeners on a stirring musical journey across genres from Folk and Rock to Country and Americana. Standout tracks include the haunting first single "The Ghost of Tucumcari" featuring Grammy winner Lyle Lovett and the rousing rendition of Woody Guthrie’s song "This Land Is Your Land" with Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, and all the other guest vocalists on the album. 

Quote from Glide Magazine - "The Title Track crackles with a mysterious energy that would make for the background music of a David Lynch film, where dreamlike patterns form out of the subconscious.  With Lyle Lovett on vocals, the track encapsulates the essence of true Americana".

Link to "The Ghost of Tucumcari" on ALL Digital Platforms - https://digital-delivery-services.lnk.to/WD4ChZK4EM

“Dana has a poet’s eye for beauty & detail, a blue’s man’s soul, and a songbird’s gift. He is remarkable.” - Hayes Carll
"The Album is 5 Star Grammy Material." - Shake Russell
"Genius" - Tom Tranchilla - KPFT Radio
"Blown Away.  The Title Cut! What can I say but "Meow" - Marilyn Rea Beyer - Midnight Special - WFMT
"The Ghost of Tucumcari" earns its right to be selected as the haunting title track.  Cooper makes it clear that not only does he know how to collaborate, but he also has extensive industry experience." - Will Phoenix - Newsbreak
"Americana of the Highest Order" - Fred Schmale - Real Roots Cafe

"The songs on this album span decades, from the 70’s up to right now." said Cooper.  “Every artist/friend that contributed gave wonderful performances.”

“The Ghost of Tucumcari” is a testament to lifelong passion and musical integrity from one of folk rock's most enduring Troubadours.

Dana's story is one of true perseverance and lifelong dedication to his craft. “Few artists can claim to make music for 50 years and still do so with the same eagerness and enthusiasm that marked their initial efforts.” Lee Zimmerman - American Songwriter

“The Ghost of Tucumcari”  was released independently on May 17, 2024.

https://www.danacoopermusic.co...

Dustin Dale Gaspard 
Bilingual Folk Americana 

After 10 years of performing throughout the deep South, Gaspard released his full length debut album "Hoping Heaven Got A Kitchen" in March 2022. The decade that he spent honing his songwriting helped create an album that speaks to the soul of rural roots listeners and alternative folk lovers alike, all while delivering an intimate insight into the Cajun native's groove felt mysticism. Written for his grandparents, his record displays undeniable heart, love, community and the sonic influence of the land that raised him. 
Funded by Lafayette's Acadiana Center for the Arts, Gaspard's Next Album "Avec Le Courrant" is a bilingual folk americana concept record detailing the story of his acadian ancestor's exile during the event known as "Le Grand Derangement. 

https://www.dustingaspardmusic...

Reece Sullivan 

Originally from Arkansas, Sullivan now lives in Lafayette and plays the surrounding states regularly. Over the course of the years, Sullivan has reinvented himself musically many times: piano to guitar, classical to art rock, art rock to folk, flat picking to finger-picking, solely songwriting to performing. His latest incarnation has him performing often, sometimes touring, and writing and recording consistently.  In 2022, Sullivan released a full length album, Arkansas, and a single, The Riverband (Dockside). In 2023, he released a full length album, Gethsemane, and a live EP, Live In the City of Gold.   

In 2021 Sullivan's song, "The Riverband," won 1st place in the Red Lodge/Rocky Mountain Songwriter Festival Contest, and Honorable Mention in the Indie International Contest, and "I'm Going to Heaven" won 1st in the Spiritual Category of the Eventide Songwriter Contest. In 2022, Sullivan played the Red Lodge Songwriting Festival in Montana, the Dripping Springs Songwriting Festival in Texas, and in 2023 he played the Tucson Folk Festival in Arizona.  In July of 2023, his song, Coming Off My Meds, Again, and October Dream placed top three in the ACORN Songwriting Competition which led him to Three Oaks, Michigan to perform before a live audience. In November he placed top three in the NEW SONG COMPETITION which led to a performance in Asheville, North Carolina, and in 2024, his song "All out of My Hands" placed 2nd in the Corpus Christi Songwriting Contest and 1st place in the Indie International Songwriting Contest (Pop Category). 

https://reecesullivan.com/home