Grace Petrie (born 1987) is a British folk singer-songwriter and guitarist … Read Full Bio ↴Grace Petrie (born 1987) is a British folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Leicester, UK. She was hailed in The Guardian as “a powerful new songwriting voice” in 2011.
Petrie writes indie folk rock songs (a couple with an acoustic punk twist), plays the guitar and sings with a voice that has been described by listeners as similar to Laura Marling, Kate Nash. From the humble beginnings of small gigs in her hometown in 2006 and a home-recorded debut album, Petrie has acquired a reputation as one of the best artists on the flourishing Leicester music scene, and a following of dedicated listeners. In 2007 she supported Frank Turner and Mark Morriss (The Bluetones) and released a second CD, Feel Better, to critical acclaim. From there onwards she began to break onto the festival scene, playing Leicester’s acclaimed folk weekender, The Big Session Festival, and the more commercial Summer Sundae, as well as the main stage at Nottingham Gay Pride 2009, where she played to over 10,000 people.
In 2010, folk legend (and Petrie’s personal hero) Billy Bragg heard her music and invited her to play at Glastonbury on the Leftfield stage, sharing a stage with Bragg and Frank Turner. At Leftfield she went down a storm and, in Bragg’s own words, “stole the f@!#ing show, sister!”, leading to more shows on the same stage as the likes of Bragg and Emmy the Great.
Her third album is entitled Tell Me A Story.
Petrie writes indie folk rock songs (a couple with an acoustic punk twist), plays the guitar and sings with a voice that has been described by listeners as similar to Laura Marling, Kate Nash. From the humble beginnings of small gigs in her hometown in 2006 and a home-recorded debut album, Petrie has acquired a reputation as one of the best artists on the flourishing Leicester music scene, and a following of dedicated listeners. In 2007 she supported Frank Turner and Mark Morriss (The Bluetones) and released a second CD, Feel Better, to critical acclaim. From there onwards she began to break onto the festival scene, playing Leicester’s acclaimed folk weekender, The Big Session Festival, and the more commercial Summer Sundae, as well as the main stage at Nottingham Gay Pride 2009, where she played to over 10,000 people.
In 2010, folk legend (and Petrie’s personal hero) Billy Bragg heard her music and invited her to play at Glastonbury on the Leftfield stage, sharing a stage with Bragg and Frank Turner. At Leftfield she went down a storm and, in Bragg’s own words, “stole the f@!#ing show, sister!”, leading to more shows on the same stage as the likes of Bragg and Emmy the Great.
Her third album is entitled Tell Me A Story.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Grace Petrie Lyrics
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We have lyrics for these tracks by Grace Petrie:
A Young Woman's Tale At the ending of last century I thought I knew the…
Baby Blue Pale moon, baby blue Are you looking at the same sky…
Black Tie Well, it's a jungle out there The year 2018, I didn't…
Departures Another morning that you're stirring at the crack of dawn I…
Farewell To Welfare It's never too late to recapture the benefits of Section 28.…
God Save The Hungry Am i an agitator For not thinking it′s cool That some were…
I Wish The Guardian Believed That I Exist Well I don't believe that aliens have ever come to…
Iago You know that I'm my own worst enemy Always tryna wreck…
Ivy It was Glastonbury 2014 Me and my best friend We'd had aweso…
Maggie Thatcher's Dream I could forgive you if you thought you've been sold short. I…
Nobody Knows That I'm a Fraud I don't watch PMQs as often as you might expect I…
Overheard How've you been? It's been a long time Since you've been in …
Pride Well we're a long way from the Stonewall Inn I'm standintg…
Revolutionary In The Wrong Time Well i'm not cool enough for camden, i guess by…
Rise Can we meet your blood with kindness Can we meet your…
Romance Addict Mayday mayday, SOS Got myself into a mess There's a spr…
Storm To Weather Batten down the hatches love, the night is rolling in The…
The Distance I hope you never shed a tear Over wishing I was…
The Last Man On Earth Another friday night when your plan A has fallen through A…
They Shall Not Pass You're not my brother nor my countryman Not my sister or…
This House This house is like a cemetery All the things he built…
Tom Paine's Bones As I dreamed out one evening By a river of discontent I…
We've Got An Office In Hackney You've got your first real six string Got your heart fu…
You Build A Wall I know it's hard to keep the flame But tomorrow's …
You Pay Peanuts You Get Monkeys Julie′s in the car park Waiting for her shift to start At…
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Dyslexic_Finch
I used to listen to you all the time with my friend when I was younger, and this was my favourite song. I've been trying to find the name of this song for ages now and i got so excited when it finally came to me today, i immediately typed it into youtube and now i'm listening to this on loop
JamesEis
Respect. You might also acknowledge Pastor Niemoller, but as Rick Vann says, referencing other people's work is the tradition, not only in folk but (if you go back far enough) in all music and all art before the Romantic era.
Billy Bragg was on Any Questions on the radio today, and when asked "Where are today's protest songs?", he woffled about people having other ways to protest - social media etc. He could have said "Listen to Grace Petrie" - he knows you!! I emailed Any Answers but they didn't read it out :-(
Buttons Magoo
A brilliant song, as all Grace Petrie songs are! I love Caitlin's vocals on this one.
devoncop
Awesome songs from this incredibly passionate and talented singer. You have a big future I suggest. Good to see things taking off for you.
Plunkett Dublin
This is amazing! So true
daveroadie20041
I was just saying on the phone yesterday that it is so hard to write a protest song ... and i bumped into this today after hearing one of your songs on the xm satellite radio ..... absolutely fabulous ..... congrats .
Tim Burdon
Loving it.
warpedmotion
much respect, keep it up
Faye Rickett
love your songs..can't find an album on itunes?
citydog
Lovely job on the backing vox, too. :)