1964年3月16日にメイン州生まれ。シンガー／ソングライターで、エミルー・ハリス、ディクシー・チックスなど、がグリッフィンの曲をカヴァーした。1996年からソロアルバム７作も出している。

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ダウンタウン・チャーチはグリッフィンの初ゴスペルアルバム。ナッシュビルの教会でレコーティングをして、バディー・ミラーがプロデュースした。

Patty Griffin
Downtown Church (2010)

Patty Griffin, born on March 16, 1964, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is especially known for her down-home crafting of songs and her connection to musicians including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, and the Dixie Chicks, who have played with her onstage as well as performing cover songs of Griffin’s work, exposing many of her compositions to mainstream pop and country music audiences outside Griffin’s folk music circle of fans.

In 2009, Patty Griffin, along with Mavis Staples and The Tri-City Singers released a version of the song “Waiting For My Child to Come Home” on the compilation album Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration.

The collaboration with Staples led EMI’s Peter York to suggest Griffin make an album of gospel songs. Griffin agreed on the condition that friend and bandmate Buddy Miller produced the record. Griffin’s sixth studio album, Downtown Church, was recorded at the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville. The album features long-time friends Buddy and Julie Miller, as well as Shawn Colvin and Emmylou Harris. It features songs by Hank Williams, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, and “All Creatures of Our God and King,” a song accredited to St. Francis of Assisi.