Career
He owns and operates the independent roots music label Stony Plain Records, and hosts the programs Saturday Night Blues on Canadian Broadcasting Company One and Natch"l Blues on the CKUA Network. Petersen is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Known as Canada’s “Ambassador of the Blues”, Petersen is the host of the popular radio show “Natch’l Blues”, which is broadcast every Saturday afternoon from CKUA, a radio station based in Edmonton, Canada.
Natch’l Blues has been broadcasting for over 40 years, Canada’s longest running blues program
Petersen has also hosted Saturday Night Blues on Canadian Broadcasting Company One since its founding year in 1986. Petersen was the artistic director of the Edmonton folk Music Festival for three years.
Today Stony Plain’s catalogue includes over 350 titles. The record company accepts orders from all over Canada and internationally.