Steve Gunn

New York guitarist and composer Steve Gunn returns to Barcelona on April 18, 2026, to present at Casa Montjuïc Daylight, Daylight, his first album in four years. With a repertoire focused on pieces that are born close to a whisper and unfold patiently, Gunn deploys a language of folk and indie rock in which his modal guitar sets the pulse and allows every detail to breathe.

In concert, the new material rests on spare arrangements of strings and winds—an economy of means that leaves room for nuance: measured silences, unhurried melodies, textures that move naturally from acoustic to electric. The songs capture that point between composition and discovery, lighting up from intimacy toward a wider landscape.

Tracing a path from New York’s experimental scene to singer-songwriter folk rock, Gunn has released albums such as Time Off, Way Out Weather and Other You, and has honed an approach that looks to the “American primitive” tradition without losing the weight of the song. That blend of precision and openness guides this performance, aimed at attentive, unadorned listening.