PIERCE PETTIS
F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S
“Sometimes I have to stop listening to a Pierce Pettis track halfway through because he makes me want to give up on songwriting. Pierce is a master musical storyteller, delivering human truth and heartbreaking vulnerability with every tune. He’s also an unnecessarily virtuosic guitarist with the voice of some beautiful angel who also happens to be your old, familiar friend. All of it completely unfair.”
- Justin Paul, writer/composer "La La Land", "Dear Evan Hansen"
"...all Pettis has to offer is his earnest best, a tender heart, packaged in one three-and-a-half minute song after another."
-Jason Killingsworth, Paste Magazine
"Pierce Pettis bares a gentle soul with a keen eye, a soulful voice, and perfect guitar accompaniment for his beautiful songs - a masterful poet treasure"
-Darrell Scott, songwriter/recording artist
"I have loved Pierce's music for many years now-he has the gift of a true inner compass."
-Eliza Gilkyson, songwriter/recording artist
“Pierce Pettis doesn’t write mere songs, he writes literature...End to end the songwriting is brilliant...Pierce Pettis albums are events in my listening. His writing just gets better all the time and his singing is marvelous, wry and warm..." -Sing Out!
"...One of the more vital and critically acclaimed folk stars of recent years."
-Performing Songwriter Magazine
N E W S
May/June 2026
Hi Everybody,
As we move from late spring into summer, I’ve got just a couple of dates on my calendar —but they’re good ones! I’m doing a good bit more writing & demoing new songs these days and a bit less touring. But that means I have lots of new songs to showcase on these dates —as well as when touring picks up later in the year.
This month, I’m in Atlanta, GA, back at Fiddler’s Green —a concert series I first played waaay back in the 1980’s! Hope to see lots of old friends from my Avondale & Decatur days : )
Then in June, I head down to Florida returning to the Blue Tavern in Tallahassee and the ACMA Listening Room in Ft. Myers. BTW, I could use a couple more dates in the week between --especially Sun June 14 & Fri June 19. While I don't mind hangng out on the beach for a week 😎 ... it doesn't exactly get my bills paid : ) So if anyone down in the Sunshine State would like to schedule a house concert then, I'm your boy!
Finally at the end of June, I’m back on Lookout Mountain playing a really cool new festival: the Chickapalooza Art Festival in Chickamauga, GA. This festival benefits the late Rev. Howard Finster's Paradise Gardens (Howard did the cover for my album, "State of Grace” and was the inspiration for my song, “I’ve Got a Hope").
—Pierce ❤️
BACK IN STOCK!
Songs & Stories of the Southland
featuring Kate Campbell, Tom Kimmel & Pierce Pettis in their critically-acclaimed trio album!
E V E N T S
coming up ...
Sat, May 16
FIDDLER'S GREEN COFFEEHOUSE
at First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA (7 PM)
Sat, June 13
BLUE TAVERN
special 3 hour show!
Tallahassee, FL (8-11 PM)
Sat, June 20
ACMA LISTENING ROOM
at All Faiths Unitarian
Ft. Myers, FL (7 PM)
Sun, June 27
CHICKAPALOOZA ART FESTIVAL
A Festival to benefit Rev. Howard Finster's Paradise Gardens
--details, TBA
Chickamauga, GA
Fri, July 3
PRIVATE B'DAY HOUSE CONCERT
*(invitation only ... sorry)
Tyler, TX
Fri, July 17
DAVID'S 105 LISTENING ROOM
--details, TBA
Monroe, GA (8 PM)
Mon, Aug 15
49 WEST COFFEEHOUSE
w/special guest, Danielle Howle
Annapolis, MD/ (6:30 PM)
T W I T T E R
V I D E O
Pierce Pettis Performing Live in Muscle Shoals for Alabama Public Television's "Salt n' Pepper" series