Peter Mayer - Minnesota Folk Singer-Songwriter

News

Hello, and welcome to my web site!

Please scroll down to read some recent news or use the links on the left side of the page to check out my music or upcoming shows.

Thanks for visiting!

Latest Archive

New CD, Heaven Below

Apr 27, 2010

I have finished my new CD!

It's entitled Heaven Below, and features the following songs:

Church Of The Earth, All The World Is One, Singing A Song, Brand New, Do You Really Want To Know, Nobody Asks, The Hat Song, Japanese Bowl, The Garden, Ordinary Day, Tandem Life, and The Rainbow.

You can order the CD from CDBaby at http://cdbaby.com/cd/petermayer10, Electric Fetus in the Twin Cities and Amazon in the coming days.

I'm excited to be releasing this project. It reminds me how thankful I am to be able to play music, and how grateful to all of you who make it possible. Thank you so much for all the love and support. I hope you enjoy it!

A Few Good Goods

Dec 9, 2009

I would like to offer a little shameless promotion for my Dad, Vern Mayer. At 75, he is officially retired and has taken up woodworking. Along with my brother Paul, Dad has created some great spatulas, pie servers, cutting boards, wine bottle holders, etc. You can also find my Mom's famous Apple Pie recipe on the web site. Anyway, you can see some samples and learn more at http://www.vernswoodgoods.com/.

Secondly, my friend Connie Barlow from The Great Story has put together some beautiful slide shows set to 3 of my songs. She incorporates much of her own photography as well as some other images. You can see them here at http://thegreatstory.org/order-mayer.html .

I also wanted to mention that we have included a link on my site to Philip Lang guitars. Philip built the guitar I now use at my shows, and I am really happy with it. If you are looking for a fine guitar, Philip is a great guy to work with. His website is langguitars.com.

Good Bye and Thank you to Chip

Oct 10, 2009

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the friends, family and folks who were touched by the magical Chip Stewart of Amazing Grace Cafe in Duluth, Minnesota. Chip was one of the co-owners of the bakery/coffeeshop/performance space. Chip died from cancer this past week. Chip truly was one of the kindest, most generous people we have been lucky enough to work with. He gave me a place to perform for many years and we will deeply miss him and his friendship. Thank you Chip for being a part of our lives.

Peter is named a 2009 Bush Artist Fellow

Aug 10, 2009

In June Peter was awarded one of 15 Archibald Bush Foundation Artist Fellowships.

The amazing Bush Foundation awards artists with funds to "deepen and advance their work and to foster their careers as artists." The grant is the largest artist grant in the Upper Midwest, and one of only three open-application artist fellowships of this size in the United States.

Pete wrote in a recent email: "I am so grateful to the Bush Foundation and the panelists who chose me. I am imagining using the grant to write and record a special collection of songs, but I'm still working out what the theme of that project will be."

For further information on the fellowship and the Bush Foundation you can check out the following press releases: http://www.bushfoundation.org/News/pdf_files/06162009_BAF.pdf.

Thanks again to the Bush Foundation for this amazing opportunity.

Home For The Summer

Jun 20, 2009

Peter is home in Stillwater, Minnesota for the summer but he is busy working on his new CD, due to be released in April, 2010.

Peter is also working on his upcoming tour schedule. We will be adding dates to the web site as soon as they are confirmed. So keep checking back for further information.

Have a Great Summer!!

Sep 18 7:00 pm	Santa Fe, NM Olson-Hecht House Concert
Sep 24 TBA	Rochester, MN Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Sep 25 7:30 pm	Des Moines, IA First Unitarian Church of Des Moines