Gigi Love

Gigi Love; Singer songwriter, advocate for public lands & national parks, peace activist and global yogi. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Gigi began playing the guitar and singing at the age of 7. At 12 years old she was performing songs by Tanya Tucker and Emmylou Harris at major venues around the state like, Johnny High’s Country Music Review in Ft. Worth, Grapevine Opry and the Stephenville Opry House. She lived overseas in the Philippines and bounced around many states during her junior high years. Her guitar and songs stayed by her side, and she could be found singing in the school cafeterias and talent shows to make friends. In her 20's, Gigi honed her chops playing the Salt Lake City music scene and touring around the western states with The Gigi Love Band. Then in 2002 her big break came. She was invited to perform for the Closing Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. For 52,000 people, Gigi sang 2 of her original songs and wooed the crowd and soon after was signed onto the Mountain Dew College Circuit tour with sponsorship for touring that lasted 7 years. During her time on the road Gigi recorded a full album of original songs every 4 years. She also fell in love with all the national parks she visited between her show dates. Yosemite Gold was the first song she wrote about a national park while she was sitting in El Cap Meadow on a beautiful summer day. The idea for a national park’s album lit her up and in 2016, a decade later, she wrote and recorded National Parks Centennial Songs at Dark Horse Studios in Nashville. During 2015-2019 Gigi sang her national parks songs on Amtrak long distance trains and at ranger programs and amphitheaters around the country. Her voice for wilderness, public lands, and conservation became even more prominent as the attacks on clean air, water and climate awareness began to swirl in the media and public scene. For Gigi, her songs became an anchor for the message of preservation and conservation of wilderness and public lands during the divisive climate that was building politically, as it is now. Singing in the national parks to audiences from all over the world, for folks with diverse geo-political backgrounds, cultures, religions and races gave Gigi a platform to share a message of unity. Everyone in the audience agreed that they love our national parks and wild pristine places upon this planet. The feeling of connection and peace that permeated each show was palpable and she vows to continue sharing this message with new songs and old ones, and to keep the spirit of the beautiful voiceless ones alive in song and in soul. Her latest album, “Listen to the Red Rock” on the Vast Horizons Label 2022, is a compilation of artists who have recorded songs for America’s Red Rock Wilderness in Utah. Gigi’s title track, Dancing with the Beauty kicks off the album. The music is curated to inspire awe in the listeners, with a desire to visit and experience this magical land. The enduring quality of her message gives her songs relevance at any time, especially now. She is a voice for the parks and for keeping public lands in public hands.

Moab, UT