Accolades aside, Karp is a storyteller who also is an assertive singer, a spellbinding performer, and a searing slide guitarist with significant keyboard skills. The music is crackling with smart and witty lyrics. His ability to give the audience such a great time while performing is refreshing. He’s spent the past years playing venues and festivals to a burgeoning fan base in Europe and the US. Karp continues to carve out his own unique niche, with a sound born in the swamps of New Jersey and the trailer parks of southern Alabama. (Highlighted in his 2016 Alabama Town album.)
“Guys like Peter Karp, James Taylor and Bob Dylan embody Americana Blues, and us English guys are inspired by it.” - Mick Taylor, The Rolling Stones
Karp first saw national attention when guitarist Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones recorded and toured with Karp on his third indie release. Signed to Blind Pig Records, Karp built a wider national following and in 2007 he released Shadows and Cracks, which cracked Billboard’s top 5. He made two more for them. He Said -- She Said, which found him partnering with Canadian singer/songwriter Sue Foley, in 2010 and Beyond the Crossroads, in 2012. It was cited by Alternate Roots Magazine as the #1 CD of the Year for 2012. Karp’s released 4 more albums on his own Rose Cottage Records to critical acclaim. Due to his reputation as a writer and a performer, and despite his lack of any formal education, Karp was awarded a Masters Degree in Composition by the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
“Peter Karp is a star. From his muscular slide guitar soloing to his observational and oh-so-true songwriting, and, most of all, that soulful expressive voice of his, dripping with innuendo. Dude’s entertaining as hell.” Goldmine Magazine
