Folksinger and record producer Ed Pettersen has been described as “a subtle genius in his own right” while his latest release, The New Punk Blues, earned the title of “a sneaky great record”. Pettersen is also the brainchild and producer behind the award-winning Song of America, the history of the U.S. in song from 1492 to the present as recorded by contemporary artists, including Freedy Johnston, the Black Crowes, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Mavericks, Devendra Banhart, BR549, Old Crow Medicine Show, Suzy Bogguss and many more. Soul great Bettye Lavette’s 2008 Grammy-nominated Scene of the Crime album features Pettersen’s song “I Guess We Shouldn’t Talk About That Now” and recently another soul legend, Candi Staton, was in the studio cutting one of Ed's newest tunes. Pettersen’s recently completed and 7^th album The Trip Back Down, will be released in March ’09. His current album, The New Punk Blues of Ed Pettersen, (a folk album) is in stores now.

 

 

Naughty Jack : "The one-time Adam Morley packs a lifetime of travelling the bars of the world into a debut that might just as easily be from 1928 as 2008. Bluesy Dobro guitar slides around the edge of the Londoner's whiskey-flavoured vocals, while echoes of Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt and Bob Frank play tag in lyrics that evoke images of friends and lovers lost and found on the road." - Q Magazine

Following the release of his debut album "Good Times" earlier this year and a storming performance at Glatonbury festival, Naughty Jack brings his mellow folky blues to The Green Note. He is joined by his wife, Carmen who plays fiddle for both Sinead O'Connor and Damien Dempsey, and his brother Matt on guitar.