One of the best parts about going to a gig, for me, is the anticipation. Will I get to hear my favourite song? Will they play some new material? What are they going to do to make the show unique and exciting? To that end, when I hear an artist is simply playing their latest album in its entirety I quickly start to lose interest. If my favourite song isn’t on that album, my only chance of hearing it hinges on the last few tracks of the set. If I’d wondered whether they’d pull new material out of the bag I’m probably out of luck. If I wanted something unique, opportunity...
Photos of Gretchen Peters at Bush Hall, London on 20th March 2012. Taken by Jo Cox – www.jocoxphotography.co.uk
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Nashville based Singer Songwriter Gretchen Peters has become something of an overnight sensation in the UK of late, despite touring here for almost 20 years. Her ninth album, Hello Cruel World, has garnered much critical acclaim and her latest solo tour is selling out venues all over the country. We caught up with her in London to find out more.
MTTM: You’ve become known more as a songwriter than a recording artist, even though you’ve released so many albums, do you ever regret the path that your career took in that respect? Was it ever difficult to hear other people performing...
It’s no secret that Gretchen Peters’ success since the late 1980s has come mainly in the form of songwriting credits. Martina McBride, Bryan Adams and Faith Hill have all enjoyed far more success as recording artists by her pen than she has. Not that, as she tells it, this was accidental – Peters wanted her songs to be heard and worried that she wouldn’t be accepted as a singer/songwriter, so signed a publishing deal instead. Whether or not her assumption was correct we’ll never know, but for these other artists it seems to have worked out rather well.
When she did start releasing...
