★★★★★
Listening to AM radio during the daytime one is apt to hear Martina McBride belt out the chorus to "Independence Day". The song serves as the theme to conservative talk radio host Sean Hannity's program. Hannity's misuse of the song is clear to anyone familiar with the lyrics about a mother getting revenge on her abusive husband while her child watches. Hannity focuses on the clarion call for help dressed in patriotic cloth as the events happen on the 4th of July...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-04-05
★★★★★
Hello Cruel World opens with a laconic sigh. To a descending bassline, the title-track lists a comical catalogue of misfortunes for the 21st century, and then flips it right over: "Me, I'm gonna stick around, in for a penny in for a pound / 'Cause I hate to miss the show... I'm a very stubborn girl." Of course, the writerly virtues and gentle string band arrangements of Gretchen Peters' ninth album were never constructed for the mass market...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2012-01-30
★★★★★
Though she first made a name for herself in the mid '90s, when Martina McBride turned her song "Independence Day" into a modern country standard, it's taken singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters some time to find her way as a recording artist in her own right...
- www.slantmagazine.com
2012-01-30
★★★★★
To say that it has been an extraordinary last year or so in the life of Gretchen Peters would be an understatement. The Grammy nominated singer from Nashville has seen floods and the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster affect her home or hometown, while in her personal life there as been the loss of a friend through suicide and the revelation from her child that he is transgender (something she describes as ?inspiring?)...
- www.music-news.com
2012-01-09
★★★★★
As the writer of
hits for Patty Loveless, George Strait, and others, Gretchen Peters would
seem as country as corn. Yet on this impressive debut she has
more in common with the romantic sensibilities of Rickie Lee
Jones than Loretta Lynn. The lush production of The Secret of Life sometimes creeps
over the top, but Peters' songs about emotional thirsts that
never get quenched have a quiet power all their own. B+
- ew.com
2009-06-04
★★★★★
Although this record is stylistically more folk and pop than country, Gretchen Peters' songs are similar to Mary Chapin Carpenter's work in that they contain thoughtful and intelligent lyrics that are at times highly introspective. Ten of the 11 tracks on the album were written or co-written by Peters, and she turns in a credible cover of Steve Earle's "I Ain't Ever Satisfied," with Earle and Emmylou Harris providing harmony vocals...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Chart-topping country songwriter Gretchen Peters filled her own debut album, The Secret of Life, with guest performances by friends in high places such as Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Raul Malo. While the songs were strong, the performances only served to overshadow Peters' true strength: it lay in her own voice singing her songs...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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