The Music from the heart of Peter Broderick

Born in 1987, Peter Broderick is musician/composer from Portland. He plays piano, violin, banjo, musical saw and mandolin. Piano is his favorite instrument. He had played for other artists like M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel and Dolorean.

His artist career took a step further when Peter moves to Copenhagen in 2007 to work with the Danish ensemble Efterklang. Efterklang is a rock group formed in 2001. Efterklang latest album Parades had been selected at the 38 best album released between April 2005 and April 2009 by Clash Magazine.

Peter Broderick had been active on MySpace since 2006. On his MySpace profile, we have this sentence: “My name is Peter Broderick and I like to play music.” There’s something incredibly unique and charming in this introduction. This is the profile of a real musician!

You can have a taste of his music on his MySpace profile, where Peter shares some of his work. You can hear: Games Again, Part 3: Pill Induced Slumber, Part 4: The Dream, Duet for Banjo & Piano, Duet for Viola & Laptop and Something Has Changed.

Peter Broderick solo recordings include: Five Film Score Outtakes (2009, Secret Furry Hole -- 3" CD-R, 200 copies); Music for Falling From Trees (2009, Erased Tapes / Western Vinyl -- CD, mp3); Ten Duets (2009, Digitalis Ltd. -- cassette tape only); Games Again/Roscoe (2008, Bella Union -- 7"); Home (2008, Bella Union, Hush, Type -- CD, LP, mp3); Float (2008, Type Recordings -- CD, LP, mp3); Docile (2007, Kning Disk -- CD, 10", mp3) and Retreat/Release (2007, Type Recordings -- 7"). (Source: Wikipedia).

Upcoming projects for Peter Broderick

The upcoming months are going to be exciting for Peter Broderick. Many performances had been announced. We will name the following: August 22 at the Green Man Festival (Powys); September 4 at the Electric Picnic (Portlaoise); September 9 at the Academy 3 (Manchester); September 10 at the Bush Hall (London); September 11 at the End of the Road (Larmer Tree Gardens) and so on… For more info regarding Peter Broderick upcoming shows, visit his MySpace profile at myspace.com/peterbroderick.

Among with Mathias Hatleskog Tjonn, The Measure (SA), Lindsay Katt, Palmyra, Pale Young Gentlemen, The Defending Champions, Noble Three, Steso Songs, The Botticellis, Proud Simon, Brooke Waggoner and Béatrice Martin alias Cœur de Pirate, Peter Broderick had contributed to the soundtrack of the upcoming movie Sneakers and Soul.