About Patty

Patty’s Bio

No need to re-write here what’s already been written well-enough already. Ignore the inaccurate wikipedia entry and go with these:

Tift Merritt Interviews Patty (Audio) (Dec 2008)

If you want a quick, and very enjoyable, education “about Patty”, check out Tift Merritt’s Dec 2008 interview of Patty (and be prepared for a lot of giggling): [Audio clip: view full post to listen]You may also want to check out some of Tift’s other interviews by clicking here. Click here to learn the [...]

Mucisians Radio Interview of Patty – October 2008 (Audio)

Approx. 1-hour interview of Patty by Kevin McCormick just before Patty’s Live from the Artists Den CD was released. Click here to listen. (Thanks to Arlene at PattyNet.net).

Warren Zanes Interviews Patty (Video) (Aug 2007)

On August 29, 2007, musician Warren Zanes interviewed Patty at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco as part of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Craft Series. At that time, Warren was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Vice President of Education and Public Programs (see here).

PATTY GRIFFIN: The Midlife Crisis Revisited

“It’s hard to imagine anyone easing into their fourth decade of life with greater grace and moxie than Patty Griffin. She has a bewitching way of slipping right past the social conventions of age, defying anyone who says that rock music is the sole province of angsty male adolescents-or that mellowness is the proper aim of a woman nearing middle-age.”

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Puremusic Interviews Patty (March 2007)

“I do feel like [Doug Lancio] and I have a communication musically that’s pretty rare. And he’s so tolerant. He’s one of the most tolerant, patient human beings I’ve ever met in the whole world.”

Of Sad Songs and Social Conscience

Eliza Gilkyson and Patty Griffin are good friends, sisters in song. They have toured together, recorded together, shared a creative kinship through their music. Both released landmark albums in 2004 _ Gilkyson’s “Land of Milk and Honey” and Griffin’s “Impossible Dream.” And as fate would have it, both have been nominated for a Grammy Award … in the same category.

Patty Griffin: Profile of a Performing Artist (Video)

Part of Royal Stewart Entertainment’s Profile of a Performing Artist Series (see here). Directed by Tracie Goudie. As noted at the RSE site:
Grammy nominated and NPR favorite singer/songwriter Patty Griffin is featured in this Profile. Her lyrics speak of life’s hopes and dreams and her fans need include some of industry superstars such as [...]

Songwriter Savant: Where do Patty Griffin’s songs come from?

“Songwriters often say that they don’t know where their works come from, that they seem to come from outside themselves. . . . Last week I talked to the accomplished and idiosyncratic country/pop/folk/whatever singer/songwriter Patty Griffin—on the day before the release of her third CD, 1000 Kisses (ATO Records)—and she was insistent on this very point: that there is something bigger than just herself involved in writing her songs.”