Press Kit: Peter Lehndorff

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Short Blurb:

Peter Lehndorff writes folk and jazz songs about everyday life in a small town. Besides his funny slice-of-life songs, Peter is now mixing the funny with the serious. And the eccentric with the romantic. He was a finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition (Best Folk 2023).  In recent years, he was a winner of the CT Folk Festival Songwriting competition. And he was part of the Philadelphia Folk Festival when it was virtual. He appears often backed by his partner Susan Hill on vocals, fiddle, and ukulele. Together they perform as the band “Soupeater.” He has performed in New England at the Sounding Board, Club Passim, The Buttonwood Tree, and he was the longtime host of the Vanilla Bean Cafe open mic. His most recent album is Don’t Be Discouraged.

Long Blurb:

Peter Lehndorff writes folk and jazz songs about everyday life. Some are humorous. Some are serious. They are observations about the things that happen to him and the stuff he sees. There are stories about cars; what he eats; and the places he has lived.

For several years, Peter was his late wife Kathy’s full-time caregiver as she battled Huntington’s Disease, the genetic brain disease that took the life of Woody Guthrie. He continued writing songs and recording them in his attic but gave up performing for nearly 20 years.

Back in the late 90s, he appeared at coffee houses and venues throughout New England. He was a finalist in the Boston Acoustic Underground competition and performed on three of the Folk Next Door concert compilations at the University of Hartford, CT. His disc, Love on the Line, was released on Signature Sounds and received a great deal of airplay on college and public radio. His car-related tunes were on NPR’s “CarTalk” radio show. His song, Peugeot, was included on a CarTalk CD. He has shared the stage with many artists, including Tom Paxton, Bill Morrissey, Robert Earl Keen, Martin Sexton, Arlo Guthrie, and Dar Williams.

More recently, during the COVID pandemic, Peter was selected for the 59th Philadelphia Folk Festival as a virtual performer. He was also a finalist in the 2020 CTFolk Festival Songwriting Competition and a DJ Showcase performer at the 2021 FARM MidWest Folk Alliance virtual conference. He was a finalist in the 2023 USA Songwriting Competition (Best Folk).

In addition to his slice-of-life songs, Peter is now mixing the funny with the serious; the romantic with the eccentric. It reflects his recent experiences. His song The Huntington’s Waltz is an imaginary goodbye from someone with dementia. Recent songs feature old friends like Tracy Grammer and Jim Henry. His CD Don’t Be Discouraged was released in 2022.

 

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Quotes:

Everything Takes Longer is “hilarious”… “Imagine Sam Elliot or Nick Nolte singing a tune written by Nick Drake and Carlos Jobim and you’ll get the picture – a gem.”
—New England Performer Magazine

 

“Like the best of them,
Lehndorff uses humor to point out life’s little truths.”
— Lowell (MA) Sun

“Peter Lehndorff has established his own voice, his own good-natured wonder at the all-too-visible mysteries of this modern world.”
— KXCI-FM Tuscon (AZ)

“His lyrics are wry but have an honest,
lived-in, everyday quality.”
—WWUH-FM Hartford (CT)

“Tom Lehrer with chops.”
 — WOSU-FM, Ohio

“…intelligent lyrical vignettes of everyday life and the comical trappings of suburbia…
delivered with an acute sense of comedic timing.” 

—The Springfield (MA) Union-News

 

East Longmeadow is
“a tongue-in-cheek anthem to suburbia.”

—Dirty Linen Magazine

 

“The Pioneer Valley’s version of John Prine.” 

— The Valley Advocate, Northampton MA