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Natural Disaster

Natural Disaster

October 12, 2011

This is the fourth in a series of blog entries about the songs on the upcoming album “Hello Cruel World”, to be released January 2012. Earthquake shook the California ground Took a freeway out and some buildings down Well I’ve never felt the earth … [MORE]

Idlewild

Idlewild

September 28, 2011

This is the third in a series of blog entries about the songs on the upcoming album “Hello Cruel World”, to be released January 2012. They’re in the front seat, he’s got the radio low And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes … [MORE]

Five Minutes

Five Minutes

September 14, 2011

This is the second in a series of blog entries about the songs on the upcoming album “Hello Cruel World”, to be released worldwide in early 2012.   Most nights I come home from work and I pour a glass of wine Sometimes it’s … [MORE]

Saint Francis

Saint Francis

August 31, 2011

This is the first in a series of blog entries about the songs on the upcoming album “Hello Cruel World”, to be released worldwide in early 2012. Saint Francis begging at your doorway You want to let him in but what will the neighbors … [MORE]

August 2011

August 2011 newsletter

August 2, 2011

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. – Sam Keen ******** Hello Cruel World Hello Cruel World, Gretchen Peters’ eighth album and her first solo studio effort in four years, will be released in early 2012. Recorded at Patty Griffin’s East Nashville studio and … [MORE]

German/Dutch Tour Journal

German/Dutch tour journal

March 28, 2011

Apart from a hellish, sleepless flight to Frankfurt in a plane full of screaming babies we arrived in Germany fairly unscathed and spent a Lost In Translation 24 hours at our hotel near the airport. We met up with our tour manager, Rebecca Kemp, … [MORE]

Walk-In Music

2011 Germany/Holland Tour walk-in music

March 12, 2011

If you are coming to a show on our 2011 tour of Germany & Holland, here’s what you’ll hear before the show: Shenandoah    Bill Frisell    The Best of Bill Frisell, Volume 1: Folk Songs I Feel a Change Comin’ On    Bob Dylan    Together Through … [MORE]

February 2011

February 2011 newsletter

February 4, 2011

“And it’s sure been a cold, cold winter And the wind ain’t been blowin’ from the south” -Mick Jagger/Keith Richards “Winter” ******** Greetings from Nashville, where we’ve had the coldest, snowiest winter in recent memory. The snow has been beautiful (we’re not used to … [MORE]

January 2011

January 2011 newsletter

January 17, 2011

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” -T.S. Eliot ******** Happy New Year! I love new beginnings, but it helps me to frame them as … [MORE]

December 2010

December 2010 newsletter

December 12, 2010

In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron Water like a stone -Christina Rossetti ******** What a Year There are years, and there are Years; this has been a Year. We started out with a huge (for Nashville) blizzard, … [MORE]

November 2010

November 2010 newsletter

November 13, 2010

“Love is wonderful the second time around.” – Sammy Cahn ******** Just Married On October 2 at 6:00PM, Barry Walsh and I affirmed our longtime relationship before family and friends in a beautiful ceremony in a churchyard near our home in Nashville. Rodney Crowell … [MORE]

  • February 23rd

    24th International Folk Alliance Conference
    Memphis, TN, USA

    Time: 12:00PM

    Address: 250 North Main Street

    City: Memphis

    State: TN

    Country: USA

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    11PM (Room 1830)
    Red Beet Records Showcase

  • February 24th

    24th International Folk Alliance Conference
    Memphis, TN, USA

    Time: 12:00PM

    Address: 250 North Main Street

    City: Memphis

    State: TN

    Country: USA

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    1:30pm (Nashville room)
    Panel: I Write the Songs
    With Michael Martin Murphy, Jonathan Edwards, Dan Navarro, Melanie, Gretchen Peters; hosted by Erika Wollam Nichols

    7:00PM (Heritage 1)
    Official Showcase

    10:30PM (Room 1725)
    Swallow Hill Presents
    With Malcolm Holcombe

    11:30PM (Room 1929)
    The Alberta Room

  • March 1st

    The Sage
    Gateshead, UK

    Time: 8:00PM

    Address: St Mary's Sq, Gateshead Quays

    City: Gateshead

    Country: UK

    Phone: 0191 443 4661

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    Price: £14.50 & £16.50

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    With support by Lynne Hanson.

  • March 2nd

    The Arc
    Stockton on Tees, UK

    Time: 8:00PM

    Address: Dovecot Street

    City: Stockton on Tees

    Country: UK

    Phone: 01642 525199

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    Price: £15.00

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    With support by Lynne Hanson.

  • March 3rd

    The Met
    Bury, UK

    Time: 8:00PM

    Address: Market Street

    City: Bury

    Country: UK

    Phone: 0161 761 2216

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    Price: £17.00

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    SOLD OUT

    With support by Lynne Hanson.

  • March 4th

    The Arches
    Glasgow, UK

    Time: 7:00PM

    Address: 253 Argyle Street

    City: Glasgow

    Country: UK

    Phone: 0141 565 1000

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    Price: £16.00

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    With support by Lynne Hanson.

  • March 5th

    Buxton Opera House
    Buxton, UK

    Time: 8:00PM

    Address: Water Street

    City: Buxton

    Country: UK

    Phone: 0845 127 2190

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    Price: £15.00 & £17.00

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    With support by Lynne Hanson.

  • March 7th

    Robin 2
    Bilston, UK

    Time: 8:00PM

    Address: 20-28 Mount Pleasant

    City: Bilston

    Country: UK

    Phone: 01902 401211

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    Price: £15.00

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