Circus Girl: The Best of Gretchen Peters
UK & Europe release 11 May, 2009
coming August 10: Circus Girl: The Best of Gretchen Peters DELUXE Edition - a 2 disc, numbered, limited edition collector's set (2nd disc contains live songs, outtakes, demos and other rarities)
“The songs in this collection have been with me through the better part of my life. They've seen me through my 30's, my 40's, child-rearing, divorce, falling in love, the death of a parent. They've seen me through my life. They are my life. They are the story of my life, and they are the story of other people's lives. Sometimes it's impossible to tell the difference, and that's no mistake..." Read Gretchen's bio.
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The album One To The Heart, One To The Head, a collaboration with singer-songwriter Tom Russell, is out! PopMatters says "Two talented songwriters lay their pens down for a cover album that's one of the best folk records in recent memory." The Raleigh, NC News & Observer calls it "an early candidate for album of the year". Purchase your copy at the Shop. See the "making of" video here. Go to the music section.
This summer Gretchen will be appearing in Dallas, Austin and Houston TX, Nashville TN, Pittsfield MA, and the Atlanta area. In September she'll head to California and later in the month take part in the Roots On The Narrow Gauge train trip through Colorado and New Mexico with Tom Russell. October brings a return to the Atlanta area, a double header in Mt. Olive, IL with Tom Russell, and another European tour. Dates are being added constantly, please check back often. Go to the tour section.
"On One to the Heart, One to the Head, Peters turns her gaze back to the American West with a collection of songs celebrating its land, its mythology and its inhabitants. Texas country singer Tom Russell joins her on the journey. Their two voices—Peters’ pure-and-clear soprano, Russell’s whiskey-soaked rasp—somehow manage to mesh wonderfully, creating a sound as raw and beautiful as a desert landscape, and the songs they’ve chosen for the album bring to mind Marty Robbins, John Steinbeck and the cowboy songs collected by John Lomax. Two talented songwriters lay their pens down for a cover album that's one of the best folk records in recent memory."
- Juli Thanki, PopMatters Go to the press section.
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