January 16, 2011, Sunday - Peter Himmelman at the Guthrie

Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Guthrie Theater

During his multi-pronged career as a singer, songwriter, children’s entertainer, TV and film composer, pioneering web cast star, and all-around performer, Peter Himmelman has maintained remarkably high standards. What becomes an artist of Himmelman’s stature most is continuing to reach deep inside for answers to life’s mysteries, while continuing to reach out to his listeners. Recorded on a dare to work faster and closer to the quick of the creative process, his new album, The Mystery and the Hum, tumbled out of him with no planning or preparation. Holed up in a studio far from the comforts of his home, the native of St. Louis Park, MN wrote the songs on the album over a two-week period and cut them in three days. As the songs emerged, ranging from the irresistibly catchy love song Change My Channel to the earthy-blues narrative Georgia Clay, Himmelman knew they were winners.