Gretchen Peters March 9, 2013

The Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist is a Country Music Association Song Of The Year Award winner and has found huge success composing hits for Etta James, Neil Diamond and co-writing songs with Bryan Adams.

Peters’ wistful classic country voice and guitar is at the core of her own timeless music. Her folk/country style is inspired by Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and a new generation of songwriters rising out of Nashville including Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith and Rodney Crowell. Her latest album Hello Cruel World details the sheer triumph of survival and of finding strength, joy and growth in everyday life despite the challenges of our increasingly complex times. Peters’ warm-honey voice softens the edge of desperation; the earthy maturity of her phrasing injects empathy a quality that makes all of Peters’ songs ring consistently true.

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