"Wouldn't Change It For the World" - Father's Son

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

August 2026

Happy Dog Days!

This month begins a string of tours that will take me up the east coast, across the midwest, down to Texas and finally, Florida in December … with only a few short breaks in-between. That’s a lot of driving for an old guy like me —but you folks are well worth it! ❤️

Meanwhile, in August, I start off in Augusta, GA teaching a couple of workshops at Augusta University for their "Community in Music Camp” weekend event —as well as doing a concert in the Fine Arts Center. Next, I’m back at my dear friend, Bob Hinkle’s White Horse in Black Mountain, NC. After that, it's up to Reading, PA for a coffeehouse concert at Community United Church of Christ. And finally, I’m doing a show at 49 West Coffeehouse in Annapolis, MD