Chapter 1: Alaska

Gather Hear Tour was launched in Alaska in August of 2017,

when I decided to start with a bang by going to the state most foreign to me. Not knowing a single person in Alaska, and knowing that Alaskans pride themselves on their “Last Frontier” state identity, I feared I would come off as an intruder and Alaskans would resist my presence and music.

Instead, I was met only with deep gratitude for having made the effort to travel so far, a real thirst and appreciation for live music, and the warmest hospitality (we were fed a lot of salmon).