Eric Peltoniemi

Eric Peltoniemi is the President of world-renowned roots music label Red House Records. Since the early 1970s (in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and the Twin Cities) Eric has worked several sides of the music industry: as a performing artist, songwriter, graphic designer, Grammy-winning producer and record label executive.Eric’s long relationship with folk and country music began some 45 years ago as a teenager performing at county fairs, dances, township halls...and even boxing matches. He would go on to spend several years performing across the US, Canada and northern Europe as a solo artist and with the folk-rock bands Trova and Suomi Orkesteri.He has also worked extensively in the music theatre where he has written music, lyrics and occasional book for eleven plays, including the regional hits TEN NOVEMBER (a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Steven Dietz) and PLAIN HEARTS (a collaboration with Lance Belville). A more recent work is a collaboration with Peter Glazer entitled HEART OF SPAIN, a musical about the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.Eric’s original songs have been recorded by artists like Bok, Trickett & Muir; Robin & Linda Williams; Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt; Lisa Asher; Trova; and the Finnish roots band Koinurit.Eric continues to tour and perform his music, both as a solo artist and with the theatrical/musical revue GALES OF NOVEMBER (a concert version of TEN NOVEMBER). The traveling company also features the acclaimed artists Prudence Johnson, Claudia Schmidt, Ruth MacKenzie, Peter Ostroushko, Kevin Kling, Dan Chouinard and Jeffrey Willkomm. I got my layouts from MySpace Layout Generator & Premade MySpace Layouts