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Live session on WFUV
Recently Barry Walsh and I visited John Platt in the WFUV studio in New York for a chat and a live session. The show, Sunday Breakfast with John Platt, was broadcast on March 4, 2012, and is archived at WFUV’s website. Click on the … [MORE]
Live review: The Scotsman Gretchen Peters at Glasgow Arches
Review: Gretchen Peters, Glasgow Arches By SUE WILSON Published on Monday 5 March 2012 03:49 The songs from Nashville singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters’ eighth studio LP, January’s Hello Cruel World, offer powerful proof that even in the age of Twitter, rolling news and citizen journalism, … [MORE]
Live appearance on Simon Mayo Drivetime BBC Radio 2
While on tour in the UK we made a stop in London to appear on Simon Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 program Drivetime. I talked to Simon and we performed two live songs on the radio. To listen to our recent session on Drivetime, click … [MORE]
Paste Magazine Folk Alliance showcase review
There’s something thrilling about being that close to songwriters as good as Baker, Mary Gauthier, Kevin Gordon, David Olney, Eliza Gilkyson, Oliver Wood, John Fullbright, Gretchen Peters and Malcolm Holcombe. In such intimate quarters, no amplifiers are needed, so you get to hear their … [MORE]
Galway Advertiser: ‘quiet heroes’ and matadors…
Gretchen Peters’ ‘quiet heroes’ and matadors Galway Advertiser, February 23, 2012. By Charlie McBride KELLY’S BAR on Bridge Street has been putting on some fine gigs of late and there is another excellent one coming up on Friday March 9 when acclaimed US singer-songwriter … [MORE]
Austin American-Statesman feature
Gretchen Peters celebrates ‘beautiful disaster’ that is life on new ‘Hello Cruel World’ By John T. Davis SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Published: 4:19 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 Acclaimed Nashville singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters spent 2011 spinning lyrical gold out of the chaotic harvest of straw that turned her life … [MORE]
Heaven (Dutch magazine) feature
(translation below courtesy of Ruud Keulers) Gretchen Peters: een goed bewaard geheim Roeland Smits 18 februari 2012 Als soloartieste trok Gretchen Peters pas een jaar of vijf terug de nodige aandacht met Burnt Toast & Offerings. Maar als liedjesschrijfster is ze inmiddels al twintig … [MORE]
Hello Cruel World – reviews
A lot of great reviews have been coming in for Hello Cruel World; here’s a sampling: UNCUT Gretchen Peters Hello Cruel World Scarlet Letter Records **** Warm and intelligent country songwriting 2007′s Burnt Toast & Offerings established her as the natural successor to Lucinda … [MORE]
Gretchen on NPR’s All Things Considered
Recently Gretchen spoke with Mary Louise Kelly of National Public Radio’s Weekend All Things Considered about what inspired the album Hello Cruel World. The show aired on Sunday, February 19th. Hear the interview and listen to a couple of sample songs from Hello Cruel … [MORE]
“Hello Cruel World” single spends 6 weeks on BBC Radio 2 “B” playlist
The single “Hello Cruel World” (radio edit) spent an amazing total of six weeks on the BBC Radio 2′s “B” playlist, making its first appearance on the list on New Year’s Eve.
Hello Cruel World enters Top 10 Americana chart!
In just 4 weeks Hello Cruel World has landed in the top 10 of the Americana chart, this week appearing at #8. To view the current chart click here.
May 19th
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville, TN, USAMay 23rd
Music City Roots
Nashville, TN, USAJune 3rd
eTown/Boulder Theater
Boulder, CO, USAJune 8th
Kerrville Folk Festival
Kerrville, TX, USAJune 22nd
Isle Of Wight Festival
Newport, UKJune 29th
Cornbury Music Festival
Oxfordshire, UKJune 30th
Maverick Festival
Easton Woodbridge, Suffolk, UKJuly 7th
Country Music Hall Of Fame, Ford Theater
Nashville, TN, USA
UK/EU Tour Walk-in music
March 29, 2012
If you’ve attended a show on the current UK/EU tour, here’s what you’ve been listening to beforehand: 1. At The Same Time – Tom Waits 2. Moonlight Mile – Cowboy Junkies 3. The Best is Yet to Come – Patty Griffin 4. Come Home … [MORE]