Thistle Pettersen
Hear Ye Hear Ye! Step Right Up!
My new album, Spinning & Weaving, is now available in CD form for $15 with an amazing little booklet that includes original art and...
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Thistle Pettersen
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
Spinning & Weaving, A Collection of Songs by Thistle
"Many of the songs in Spinning and Weaving touch the mythic: a dream wolf, a cradle of moon and stars, ancient women weaving messages of...
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Thistle Pettersen
- Jul 1, 2021
- 1 min
'Wolf' with harmonies by Lara Julian
There's only one week left to pre-order Dross Into Gold! Check out this preview of 'Wolf' with harmonies by Lara Julian!
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Thistle Pettersen
- Jun 20, 2021
- 1 min
Pre-buy 'Dross Into Gold'
I am releasing a new album of original songs in the Fall of 2021 called Dross Into Gold, named after the song I was commissioned to write...
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Thistle Pettersen
- May 19, 2021
- 1 min
Dross into Gold, New Song Video
Elizabeth Miller, Contributing Editor of Spinning and Weaving: Radical Feminism for the 21st Century, asked me to write a song to...
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Thistle Pettersen
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
'Sword', a song about peace
After a couple of months on the road riding our bicycles from Madison to Texas, I was in the rhythm of biking every day, setting up camp,...
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Thistle Pettersen
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
'Animal Dreams', a song about roadkill and solidarity
In 2006 I rode in a bike tribe of six down to New Orleans to help out with Hurricane Katrina relief with a collective of artists,...
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Thistle Pettersen
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
Exploring Flight & Shadows
Enjoy the song Shadow Wing and consider buying it, along with my other original songs, under the Shop tab on this website.
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Thistle Pettersen
- Dec 30, 2020
- 1 min
'Sleep Walking', a Song about Listening to Dreams
The song Sleep Walking came to me after a long bike ride down the west coast from Seattle to Arcata, CA. I went on a two month tour in...
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Thistle Pettersen
- Dec 19, 2020
- 2 min
Painting with Words: Featuring the Song 'Austin'
I am spotlighting the song Austin from my cross country bicycle years (2003-2006). The song comes from the urge to create an artful sound
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Thistle Pettersen
- Sep 21, 2019
- 1 min
We all drink water
Scenes from today’s Climate Strike in Madison! It felt great to be out there for a youth led event and to see so many women in groups...
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