This September, Peter will do another concert
tour by bicycle
through Southeast Wisconsin, with a victory lap planned for
early October
in the Netherlands. More information on the No
Gasoline Tour page.
Additional photos and blog postings about the tour
will also be posted on Peter's MySpace page.
Peter wins WAMI
(Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Award
for Best Solo Performer
Visit the NECN
Website to see Peter's
recent live performance.
Wisconsin Public Television
:: 30 Minute Music Hour
If you live in Wisconsin, you can catch Peter
on the PBS program
"30 Minute Music Hour"
on Saturday, May 10.
Check local listings
for airtimes (10:30pm in most markets).
If you don't live in
Wisconsin, however (or if you're impatient),
you can watch his performance online right now on the Wisconsin
Public Television Website.
Watch Peter perform
his
instrumental song, "Black Rabbit"
(Featured on the new album, Notes
from Elsewhere)
Filmed & Edited by
Kathy Wittman
Sound by Keith Richardson
Download QuickTime
The
New Solo, Acoustic Album is Here
Peter's brand new album, Notes from Elsewhere
(Signature Sounds) is a retrospective collection of the
very best songs he has written and performed over his 15 year
recording career. Recorded solo in a studio, with just an
acoustic guitar, these are fresh takes on songs that have
become fan and critic favorites over the years. While his
previous band-backed albums showcased the songs, these solo
versions allow each song to shine on its own demonstrating
Peter's strengths as a songwriter.
In Stores and
Available Online NOW
Click the photo below to watch a video
about the recent "Look Ma, No Gasoine Tour" (Courtesy of
the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Peter was recently featured
on the NPR program
All Things Considered
and you can listen to the full
story on their website.
February 2006 Recently, Peter recorded a version of the Peter
Case song "Hidden Love" for inclusion on a tribute
compilation entitled A Case for Case. The three-CD collection
was produced by Hungry for Music, a non-profit organization
dedicated to providing musical experiences for underprivileged
children. Other Peter Case fans on the tribute include Chris
Smither, Richard Buckner, Victoria Williams, Todd Snider, Jeffrey
Foucault, and John Prine. The record is in stores now and is
also available for purchase in the Online
Store.
January 2006 Hayward Williams has released an EP, Trench
Foot, which I produced for him. (And by "produced",
I mean he came to my house, I set up my portable recording rig,
he sang the songs a few times, and pretty soon we were banging
on furniture with a spatula.) I also played lap steel, slide
guitar, and did some singing - you can check out the record,
and Hayward's whole deal, at haywardwilliams.com.
He's got it going on, and I'm enjoying being around to see it.
December 2005 David Goodrich has made music for... oh, let's say thirty
years, give or take. A small but remarkable portion of the last
ten or so has occurred within my earshot. From after-hours sessions
at our old day job at The Music Emporium to writing together
in apartments and backstage rooms; from playing on eight of
my records and producing three of them to touring many corners
of this bright continent and beyond; and of course in countless
after-gig sessions with friends and strangers, he's an uncannily
constant presence. With respect to music there seems to be some
sort of perpetual-motion machine spinning away in his chest;
what he does with me might amount to a quarter of what he does.
(And I keep him busy!)
He's just released his third solo record, Dust
of Many Horses, and it's beautiful. It's another tip of
the iceberg he's been building all along, clear and lucid. Eight
of the compositions are his, one co-written with Kris Delmhorst,
one by Kurt Cobain, and one by John Coltrane. The measure of
his writing is that his own tune, "Truro", sits between
Cobain and Coltrane, and it holds its own there, a marvel of
compact meaning, combining surprise and inevitability.
Words are poor tools here. This is like trying
to describe the smell of the front hall of your childhood home,
or the color of water. It's guitar-based music, but it's not
guitar music. It's music. I don't even know what kind. Ellington
said there were only two kinds: good and bad. This is the good
kind. I think Ellington would have agreed with me on that.
Anyway, in case it's not clear already, I highly
recommend this record for your listening pleasure.
Thanks.
-Peter Mulvey
p.s. I actually play on one of the tracks, and
Kris Delmhorst plays and lends her voice to another. So we've
got that going for us. Which is nice.
Now in stores is the compilation
CD American Folk, from Putumayo World Music. Included
are tracks by Peter, Patty Griffin, Josh Ritter, Natalie Merchant,
Jeffrey Foucault, Lori McKenna, and others. For more info, visit
www.putumayo.com.
Now available:The Signature Sounds 10th Anniversary Concert DVD,
featuring performances by Peter, Redbird, Lori McKenna, Josh
Ritter, Erin McKeown, and many others.
Mulvey Music in new DVD Origin of the Species, an independent film by
David Nicholl starring Amanda Peet and featuring Peter's song
"Take This" is now available on DVD.
Excerpt from The
Washington Post Concert Review:
"Peter Mulvey shows, rather than tells, the details of
his songs' emotional landscapes... He favors plain-spokenness
over screams and thoroughness over speed... Walt Whitman-like
catalogues of images that blended into cinematic visions of
love and corruption... [the] audience was riveted to every note."
See Peter on TV
A few years back, Peter appeared on the WB morning program,
"The Daily Buzz". The show airs on about 120 stations
around the country but if you missed it, you can watch
his segments here (thanks Paul & Josh).
Peter on the Radio with
Chris Smither & Jeffrey Foucault (03/03)
While in Nashville, Peter recorded an episode of the radio program
"The Songwriter Sessions" (WPLN) with Chris Smither
and Jeffrey Foucault (just the 3 of them, sitting around swapping
tunes for an hour - includes new songs from all 3!). The
show is available in MP3 format here (Thanks, Josh Woodward!).
Peter on NPR
A while back, Peter was featured on the NPR program "Weekend
Edition". The show's host, Liane Hansen traveled to Boston
to go into the subway with Peter, and see what it's really like
to perform and record underground.
Peter narrates film about Lyon, France
The Duncan Group is pleased to announce the completion of their
new one hour television documentary, Le Voix de Lyon, about
the city of Lyon, France and the surrounding regions of Rhone-Alps
and Beaujolis. The film includes original music from Chris Spheeris
and narration by Peter Mulvey.
Other film work: Peter also contributed voiceover
work to the Emmy-award winning film "Wisconsin: An American
Portrait" and music to "The Cost of Freedom: Civil
Liberties, Security, and the USA Patriot Act." Information
and purchasing information about both of these filmes can also
be found at www.duncanentertainment.com
Webcasts Archived Online
You can watch several of Peter's performances at the Kennedy
Center in Washington, DC, from the past few years, on
the Millenium Stage website.
