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Ed Pettersen is first and foremost a folk singer, schooled in the same Greenwich village venues and haunts from which modern folk music
as we know it sprung. His latest release The New Punk Blues of Ed Pettersen plays on the titles of sixties folk/roots icons The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier and The Real Folk Blues by Muddy Waters,
while acknowledging that his own folk songs often incorporate an edgier note to them. Pettersen’s songwriting credits range from the country line-dance charting DWIOU to his latest cover on soul legend's Bettye LaVette new record. Active in Nashville as a producer as well, Pettersen's current production is an extraordinary homage to traditional American music.
The Song of America, a unique 50-song, three-CD set tells the history of our country through song, from 1492 through modern times, and features such artists as John Mellencamp, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Martha Wainwright, the brothers Robinson (of The Black Crowes), and Andrew Bird, among others. |
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When he's sharp, he's very sharp, in the vein of John Prine, Robert Earl Keen and Elvis Costello – Wayne Robins
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ARTIST
The New Punk Blues:
Reviews and News
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WRITER
Ed's Notebook
Covers and Co-writes
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PRODUCER
Who's Been In The Studio
Trackers and Slackers
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| "a subtle genius in his own right"
- Dave Good, CD Reviews NBC San Diego
"what Bruce Springsteen and Richard Thompson would sound like if they were one artist"
- Jerome Clark, Rambles.net
"attitude, hurt and heart do run through this varied collection of songs"
- Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"The New Punk Blues of Ed Pettersen is a sneaky great record"
- John Koenig, Appleton Post-Crescent
"a provocative and literate songwriter"
- John Conquest, 3rd Coast Music
"entirely addictive folk and acoustic rock"
- Damaris Hay, Miami New Times
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Ed has the final track on the Grammy nominated Bettye LaVette Scene of the Crime.
The song I Guess We Shouldn't Talk About That Now, co-written with Kim McLean, closes out Bettye's new record.
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Ed really enjoyed co-writing with hit songwriter Buzz Cazon last year (of Everlasting Love fame).
Listen to a demo of the song Why Was I the Last One to Know.
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Americana artist Thad Cockrell and Ed have been doing some co-writing together for Thad's new album.
"It's wonderful to write with an artist with such a pure voice" says Ed.
"Congratulations to my co-writer and fellow Song of America artist Joanna Smith on her song Flying By on the new Billy Ray Cyrus record." - Ed
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Ed has been in the studio non-stop, producing for The Song of America over the last two years.
Ed iis very proud to have had the opportunity to work with The Blind Boys
of Alabama, Bettye LaVette, Folk Family Robinson (the brothers Robinson of the Black Crowes), Devendra Banhart, Freedy Johnston, Minton Sparks, Julie Lee, and a host of other fine artists.
Song of America - Blind Boys of Alabama
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Ed and Freedy Johnston bonded during tracking for the Song of America and Ed produced Freedy's new release My Favorite Waste of Time. For more news of this great project, check out Freedy's website!
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