Peter Mulvey – Indie-Folk Balladeer, Almost-Poet Road-Dog, and Raconteur | with our guest, Pete Gustavson

With a road-seasoned indie-folk career spanning decades, 20 albums, and a signature raw, poetic style, Peter Mulvey is returning to Godfrey's stage!

Peter Mulvey is a songwriter, storyteller, and road-worn balladeer whose music is as eclectic as it is electrifying. With a career spanning over 20 albums and thousands of live performances, Mulvey has shared the stage with icons like Ani DiFranco and Emmylou Harris while carving out his own poetic, deeply human niche in the indie-folk world. Whether busking on the streets of Dublin, pedaling his annual bicycle tour, or captivating audiences in intimate listening rooms, his raw honesty and masterful musicianship make every performance unforgettable. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind evening at Godfrey Daniels—your backstage pass to the heart of live music.

PETER MULVEY
petermulvey.com

Peter Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur, and almost-poet since before he can remember. In 1989 he spent a year in Ireland, busking on the streets of Dublin and hitchhiking to whatever gigs he could find. Back stateside, he spent a couple years gigging through the bars of his native Midwest before taking off for Boston, where he returned to subway busking and coffeehouses. Small shows led to larger shows, which eventually led to regional and then national touring. The wheels have not stopped since. 

Twenty albums, one illustrated book, thousands of live performances, a TEDx talk, a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp, opening tours and gigs for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown, Emmylou Harris and Chuck Prophet, appearances on NPR, an annual autumn tour by bicycle, emceeing festivals, hosting his own Lamplighter Sessions for years in Boston and in Wisconsin... he has built his life's work on collaboration, on an instinct for the eclectic and the vital. 

with our guest, PETE GUSTAVSON
petegustavson.com

Pete Gustavson (née Scapegrace) is a multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter residing in southeast Pennsylvania. He writes songs about love and life and death and the ache of regret, and enjoys reinterpreting well-known classics from the American songbook. From 1997 to 2008, he won some regional acclaim north of the Mason-Dixon Line as a founding member of the countrifunked jazzabilly band The Unpronounceable, performing and recording under the name Jorgé Beefalo.

As an acoustic soloist, he calls upon influences ranging from ’40s torch songs to ’90s Alternative Rock, and pulling at the strings that tie Old-time Country to ’60s Folk-Rock. The resulting Americana mash-up evokes the sweetness of Jim Croce, the plaintive croon of Chris Isaak, and the resonant energy of Richie Havens.