9 December 2016

An Evening with Gretchen Peters

On Friday, December 9 we present a very special evening with one of Nashville’s most beloved and respected artists, Gretchen Peters. Her songs are powerful and intoxicating in their relevance to the human condition. “If Peters never delivers another tune as achingly beautiful as ‘On a Bus to St. Cloud,’ People magazine wrote, “she has already earned herself a spot among country’s upper echelon of contemporary composers.” Peters will be accompanied by her husband/co-producer and pianist, Barry Walsh.

Concert starts at 8:00 pm

Gretchen Peters

Gretchen Peters was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2014 by singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell, who called her “both a songwriter and a poet (who) sings as beautifully as she writes,” and said her song “The Matador”, “moved me so greatly, I cried from the soles of my feet.” Peters has risen to the top of her craft by writing and recording songs that explore the deep corners of life with empathy and integrity. She has accumulated accolades as a songwriter for artists as diverse as Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, The Neville Brothers, Patty Loveless, George Strait, Bryan Adams and Faith Hill.

Gretchen’s 2015 album, Blackbirds, debuted at #1 on the UK Country chart and in the top 40 UK pop chart, and was awarded International Album of the Year and Song of the Year (for “Blackbirds”, which Rolling Stone called “one of the most affecting murder ballads since Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” left a trail of corpses strewn across the American landscape”) at the UK Americana awards in February 2016. Mary Gauthier, a me&thee favorite, had this to say about this epic album: “The songs are timeless and true, and her mastery of melody and language is profound. It’s an amazing and beautiful work of art, and people need to hear it.”

In 2015, the Telegraph named her one of the best 60 female singer-songwriters of all time. Her new collection, The Essential Gretchen Peters, a double album, is a handpicked retrospective of Peters’ best work chosen from a 20 year recording career. Included are brand new recordings of Peters’ best loved songs and some rare cuts. With liner notes written by esteemed rock critic and Bruce Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh, The Essential Gretchen Peters is just that — an essential piece of work from a fearless and creative singer-songwriter.

Photo by Gina Binkley

  • Gretchen Peters:
  • One of Nashville’s greatest talents of the past two decades . . . still equipped with the ability to stop clocks with a well-turned phrase. Uncut (9/10 stars)
  • Named one of the 60 Greatest Female Singer-songwriters of All Time Telegraph (UK)
  • An Americana tour de force. Her time is definitely now. UK Sun
  • . . . a profound, poetic, career-defining album from a singer and songwriter of the highest order. AllMusic.com

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