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Song Comfort Me won Honorable
Mention in the1998 Billboard Songwriting Contest
Original parody, Bovine Blues was
published in Sing Out! Magazine, Spring 2001
Featured in the juried Michigan Arts and
Humanities Touring Directory, 2000 - 2009
Recipient of Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist
Grant (through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo - ACGK), 2001
Recipient of ArtsFund Grant (through ACKG), 2003
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Patricia
doesn’t just sing…she paints beautiful pictures that move, bend, capture,
delight, change, carry away the mind. Bob Everhart, “Tradition Magazine”
Patricia excels on
many fronts—as a singer and instrumentalist; as both song-writer and
interpreter. Whether it’s a soulful blues or a
witty ditty, she always gives a song 100% of her enthusiasm and talent.
It is her blend of enthusiasm and talent that makes Patricia Pettinga the
engaging entertainer that she is. (Joel Mabus)
Patricia and Bill’s
tight instrumentals and from-the-heart vocals blend together magically as they
reach out and touch an audience…feels good to listen.
(G. Stewart, ThumbFest)
Enchanting duo…they play
together with a rare perfection and ease. These
two guitar players, both quite talented on their own, have figured out a way to
put one and one together and make more than two.
(Shari Kane of Madcat & Kane)
Patricia Pettinga is
totally unique, totally real, and really good. She and Willging together are
both funny and touching. (P. Kube, K’zoo Folklife Organization)
Patricia’s stage presence and powerful voice
are amazing. She sings with conviction and, quite often, a bit of wit.
(Cooper’s Glen Bluegrass Festival)
Patricia’s ability to speak to adults while
reaching the kids is real magic at work. (Niles, MI Community Concert
Audience Member)
Patricia is loaded
with talent...Her sound is gutsy and completely natural. Patricia has IT: that certain some-thing that performers possess, that can't be bought
or faked. Without IT, a performer is just
another face in the crowd. Patricia stands out in
that crowd. (Lorraine Caron, Producer,
Grassroots, WMUK, Kalamazoo, MI)
...musical brilliance took the
form of Patricia Pettinga singing La Vie en Rose...her lively a cappella
performance was a breath of fresh air... (Paul Samra, Kalamazoo Gazette.)
Pettinga’s recording (Breathing)
conveys beautifully both the spontaneity of her concert style and her dedication
to quality musical presentation. (Jim Sluyter, Spirit of the Woods Radio, WVXM,
Manistee, MI)
Patricia always keeps her
audience interested, amused and entertained.
Combine all this with a bluesy, sultry voice, and you have an enjoyable
experience. (Dan Hazlett, “Local Folks,” WXOU, Auborn Hills, MI)
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