Gayle Skidmore is a whirlwind. Tall and blonde, like some kind of Norse goddess who ditched the mountaintop for a folk club, she walks into a room and immediately rewrites the energy. She’s gentle, glowing, generous. She is also wildly prolific, unnervingly smart, and intimidatingly good at everything. She plays more than 20 instruments, has written over 2,500 songs, and somehow still finds time to illustrate coloring books and drop Finnish-language EPs for her family in Lapland. She’s a hummingbird with a piano strapped to its back. That’s the only way I know how to describe her. Fast moving. Joyful.... READ MORE
