Ed Pettersen

Ed Pettersen is an award-wining producer and folk/americana singer-songwriter.  In a 20-plus year career he has had many of his songs covered by other artists most recently by Bettye LaVette and Candi Staton.  He's produced artists as diverse as Freedy Johnston to Giuseppi Logan.  Returning to his father's homeland of Norway in 2008 he started putting the pieces together that led to his latest project "I Curse the River of Time:A Norwegian-American Tale" (out in the U.S. Nov. 26, 2013) an art book/CD that explores his roots,an immigrant's journey, Norwegian literature and family secrets.  He found a new market for his music and an outlet for his first love of writing which will include two more books,one a novel, for Norwegian publisher Kontur Forlag.  He currently writes with many Scandinavian recording artists including Henning Kvitnes, one of Norway's most respected and biggest selling artists, and 3-time Grammy
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(Spellemannpris) winner Ida Jenshus. He maintains a residence in Halden, Norway and Nashville, TN
www.edpettersen.com