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Sunday March 25, 2012
Show at 7:00pm
Donation: $30
Peter Mulvey began as a self-described "city kid" from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He played, wrote, and sang in bands while studying theatre there, and then traveled to Dublin, Ireland, in 1989, where he learned the trade of the street singer. Returning to the States, he relocated to Boston with two self-released CDs in hand. In Boston he took to playing in the subways as a full-time occupation. The seven-hour sessions playing to passers-by and commuters not only strengthened his accomplished guitar playing but also sharpened his innate gifts as a communicator. In a few short years he had made the transition to touring songwriter.
He signed with indie upstart Eastern Front Records and released two more albums and threw himself into a life on the road. Having since resettled in Milwaukee, Peter has continued his touring life while making eight solo records with Signature Sounds, the venerable singer/songwriter label based in western Massachusetts. One of his most popular CDs is Ten Thousand Mornings, a CD of cover songs recorded live on Boston's Davis Square subway platform. The name refers to the collective number of commuters' mornings Peter hoped he was entertaining, or touching, in some way. His albums have always maintained the spontaneity and edge of his live performances.
For the past several years Peter has done an annual fall tour entirely by bicycle, partly for environmental reasons and partly for the sheer fun of continuing his creative, unorthodox approach to a long and fruitful career as an artist. In every aspect of his career, Mulvey draws on an extremely broad swath of influence; he is always reading, listening, and eager to hear new poetry, modern minimalist composers, old-time fiddle tunes, Argentinean trip-hop, or top-shelf bar bands. Said the Irish Times: "Peter Mulvey is consistently the most original and dynamic of the US singer-songwriters to tour these shores. A phenomenal performer with huge energy, a quick fire, quirky take on life, and an extraordinary guitar style. A joy to see."
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