Patty released her first EP, Shapes & Patterns, on March 2, 2018.[10] This included 3 original tracks and 3 cover songs. She released a single entitled Run on August 30, 2019.[11] A second single, Oil, premiered on September 13, 2019.[12] On September 27, 2019, she released her first full-length album, Pest & Power, which was composed mostly of original work.[13] This album featured many guest appearances from well-known names, including Faun.[14] During this time, she also wrote music for the Amazon Prime Video series Carnival Row.[15] On November 22, 2019, Patty released the single Grieve No More (Extended Version),[16] a song written for that series. Another EP was released on November 20, 2020, entitled Frost & Faeries[17] and including a Christmas-themed collaboration between Patty Gurdy and Fiddler's Green, The Yule Fiddler (Christmas Time is Coming 'Round Today).[18] Her cover of Bad Habits (originally by Ed Sheeran) was released on October 30, 2021.[19] In addition to playing the hurdy-gurdy, she also recorded the nyckelharpa for this single. Another single, Universe Night & Day, premiered on May 24, 2022.[20] This song was released alongside the instrumental version, Universe Night & Day (Instrumental).
She formed her live band Patty Gurdy's Circle with members of Subway to Sally. The band's musicians were Bodenski, Simon Michael, and Ingo Hampf, along with Patty, who added vocals and the hurdy-gurdy.[21] Together they released one single, entitled Kalte Winde, on April 23, 2020.[22] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Patty Gurdy's Circle was forced to disband.
Her collaborations include ASP,[5]Alestorm,[23]Faun,[24] and Ayreon.[25] She has also worked with Scardust. In July 2019, she went on tour with Scardust in the United Kingdom.[26][27] On March 22, 2022, she played her first concert outside of Europe with Scardust in Israel,[28] which was livestreamed on Play2Fund.[29] Patty was originally supposed to play this concert in March of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was not allowed to travel into Israel. Instead, she sent videos of herself to be shown at the Scardust concert without her. She guests in Scardust's music video for their song Concrete Cages, on which she played the hurdy-gurdy and sang.[30] On June 17, 2022, Patty announced that she arranged the soundtrack of a new game called Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure (part of the Earthlock series of video games).[31]
Reception
Pirate Scum (Storm Seeker, 2016), Metal.de said "Patty ... does a fantastic job in songs like "The Longing". Timo's and Patty's vocals complement each other in this way. The successful folk melodies, which then pound the listener and are then contrasted again by Patty's expressive voice, provide the necessary portion of goosebumps."[32] (Google translation from German)
Shapes & Patterns EP (2018) included a cover of Over the Hills and Far Away. The Rockoutstandout reviewer wrote "Patty Gurdy’s cover with a hurdy-gurdy and vocals gives us a completely different take on the song altogether and it works very well. The echo effect on the vocals give this track that well know powerful atmosphere that the original song is able to do. I love this quirky cover and I always feel a sense of warmth when hearing the song."[33]
Review of Pest & Power album (2019) by Permafrost.today. "The Hurdy Gurdy is not only embedded in her name, but her music is directly translated from her mind into the green wooden body. Patty Gurdy has established not only the instrument, but herself as a versatile artist, singer and songwriter."
Guest appearance on Alestorm's album Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020). The Moshville Times reviewer said "More guest vocals feature on the epic “Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship” courtesy of Patty Gurdy (Patty Gurdy’s Circle) who also plays hurdy-gurdy throughout the album. I’ll tell you this, she’s got an amazing voice! This is a song that you’d expect to sound sillier than it does, but in this case it’s the vocals that are a bit daft while the music itself is as straight-laced as could be."[23]