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Music City Roots Anthology
Music City Roots has released a 2012 anthology on iTunes which includes “The Matador”, recorded before a live audience at the Loveless Cafe on May 23, 2012. The anthology also includes tracks by Darrell Scott, Ben Sollee, Malcolm Holcombe, Alejandro Escovedo and more. You … [MORE]
Woman On The Wheel Live CD/DVD/book release coming May 7th
The live concert CD/DVD/book, Woman On The Wheel: Live From The Hello Cruel World Tour 2012 will be available at gretchenpeters.com exclusively starting on May 7th. The CD was recorded in April 2012 at Hugh’s Room, the famed Toronto listening venue, with Barry Walsh … [MORE]
Live Review: Merleyn, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Review is in Dutch; to read, click here.
Live Review: The Sage, Gateshead, UK
Record Collector Magazine Gretchen Peters Gateshead Sage 2 3/2/13 View: rear stalls seating There’s a persuasive quality to Gretchen Peters’ human condition songs, such as Woman On The Wheel, the hall filling with melody and texture as Peters, husband Barry Walsh (piano.accordion/vocals) and Christine … [MORE]
Live Review: Paradiso, Amsterdam
“…Perhaps because the set-list is less fixed or maybe as they’ve become more familiar with and explored one another’s playing the combination is both looser and tighter than in 2012.…” To read the review in its entirety, click here.
The Alternate Root Reader’s Choice Awards
I’m honored to be nominated for three “Reader’s Choice” awards by The Alternate Root: Roots/Americana Performer Solo or Duo, Roots/Americana Female Vocalist, and Roots/Americana Songwriter. This is a reader-voted poll, so if you would like to vote, go to The Alternate Root Reader’s Choice … [MORE]
Salute to Women’s History Month – free sampler from The Alternate Root
I’m proud to be included in this free sampler from The Alternate Root Magazine celebrating Women’s History Month. The song is “Mother”, written for Mother Jones. Special thanks to Ed Becker of Mt. Olive, IL for suggesting I write the song and pointing me … [MORE]
Live Review: The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK
“…an hour and a half of the finest, best observed and emotionally affecting songs you’re likely to hear. Backed by hubby Barry Walsh on piano and the charismatic Christine Bougie on lap steel, Telecaster and snare drum, they make a sound nuanced and subtle … [MORE]
Live Review: The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
VERY few singer/songwriters do melancholic misery better than Gretchen Peters, and we’re grateful for that. Especially when the maudlin melodies are laced with clever, thought-provoking lyrics and their performance bridged by charming and witty anecdotes about how they were written. Ably supported by husband … [MORE]
Live Review: The Lowry, Salford, UK
“… but if she revisits metaphors (domesticity and circuses re-occur) Peters also confounds expectations by looking at themes from a different point of view than you might anticipate. This freshness in her material is reflected in her current tour which is far more than … [MORE]
Live Review: The Assembly, Leamington Spa, UK
“…Americana heaven as Gretchen is joined by support artist Ben Glover to deliver this Gram Parsons classic. There can be no finer way of honouring the approaching fortieth anniversary of his sad demise especially on the eve of South by South West and the … [MORE]
May 23rd
The Taproom - online webcast
Time: 7PM Central US Time
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WEBCAST: Spring benefit for SADS Foundation with Jeff Black and Danny Flowers
May 31st
Swallow Hill Music Association
Denver, CO, USAJune 1st
eTown Hall
Boulder, CO, USAJune 2nd
Avogadro's
Fort Collins, CO, USAJune 22nd
Brewery Arts Centre
Kendal, UKTime: 7:30PM
Address: 122A Highgate
City: Kendal
Country: UK
Phone: 01539 725 133
Price: £16.50
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with support Ben Glover
June 23rd
Beverley Folk Festival Main Stage
Beverley, UKJune 25th
The High Barn
Great Bardfield, Essex, UKTime: 8:00PM
Address: 28 The Bardfield Centre
City: Great Bardfield
State: Essex
Country: UK
Phone: 01371 811 291
Price: £23
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with support Ben Glover
June 26th
The Church of St John the Evangelist
Oxford, UKTime: 8PM
Address: 109a Iffley Road
City: Oxford
Country: UK
Phone: 01296 748 268
Price: £18 in advance, £20 at the door
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with support Ben Glover
Woman On The Wheel 2013 Tour – Walk In Music
February 23, 2013
Barry Walsh has once again put together a great set of walk-in music for our upcoming UK/EU tour. You can read about it at his website. Here’s what you’ll be hearing before the lights go down if you’re coming to a show: Monteleone – Mark … [MORE]