susan werner BITE With 6 albums under her belt, an active touring career throughout the U.S. and a string of accolades from the likes of The Washington Post, The Village Voice and The New Yorker, Susan Werner has become one of the defining artists of the folk music genre. Her songs effortlessly slide between folk, jazz and pop, and are delivered with a sassy wit and classic midwestern charm. BIO Farm girl Susan Werner was raised in rural Iowa but began her professional music career in Philadelphia, after studying classical voice at Temple University. Inspired by a Nanci Griffith concert, Werner left behind her opera training and began performing as a singer-songwriter at coffeehouses throughout the northeast. She self-released her first album "Midwestern Saturday Night" in 1992 and then went on to put out "Live at Tin Angel" the following year.   In 1995 came her breakout album, BMG/Private Music's "Last of the Good Straight Girls," but a corporate reshuffle left her and her folk-pop masterpiece behind. Werner went on, recording two albums even better than her previous work, adding some country and soul sounds to her signature vocal stylings with the help of Nashville multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Darrell Scott, who produced "Time Between Trains" and Colin Linden (Blackie & The Rodeo Kings), who produced her 2001 "New Non-Fiction." Always ready to reinvent herself, in 2004 Susan Werner released her album of instant songbook classics "I Can't Be New" on Koch Records.   For years she incorporated cabaret-style numbers in her live performances, exchanging her guitar for a piano (when there was one to be had), and she'd been asked by her audience to put all those songs in one recording.   Fans and critics alike sang her praises: the All Music Guide calling it "a brilliantly constructed, soulful, and cleverly tender effort by a songwriter and musician who is in such complete command of her gifts that it's almost scary."  In 2005 Susan Werner made a splash on satellite radio and in the blogosphere with her "alternative national anthem" entitled "My Strange Nation."  For this song, Werner adopted the musical style of a battle hymn, and added lyrics that encompass both the poetry and hypocrisy innate to the United States.  2007 brings the release of Werner's latest endeavor, "The Gospel Truth," a collection of originals she describes as "hymns for the spiritually ambivalent."  This project, scheduled for release in early March, surveys the wide variety of attitudes toward the Church in America and incorporates styles ranging from traditional bluegrass gospel, in songs such as "My Lord Will Trouble Me," to a hand clapping rouser for agnostics entitled "Probably Not." As Howard Reich, chief critic of the Chicago Tribune, wrote in 2006: "Werner is one of the most innovative songwriters working today." QUOTES "Susan Werner, a clever songwriter and an engaging performer, brings literacy and wit back to popular song." -The New Yorker "(Susan Werner is) a triply blessed artist who sings adroitly, plays the piano smartly and, best of all, writes songs of genuine distinction and high craft..." -Chicago Tribune "(Werner is) a songwriter and musician who is in such complete command of her gifts that it's almost scary." -All Music Guide "Vulnerability has rarely been so witty or concise in modern song." -Boston Herald "Always an impressive songwriter, Werner continues to compose sharp, funny, compassionate lyrics, a gift rare enough to set her apart..." -The Washington Post "The classically trained and jazz inspired singer is redefining the genre and winning admirers around the country..." -Philadelphia Inquirer "I Can't Be New is what happens when one of the most intelligent, sophisticated folk-pop singer-songwriters turns 90 degrees. ... She succeeds marvelously." -SingOut! "This woman is great.   period." -Music Row (Nashville) DISCOGRAPHY The Gospel Truth (2007) My Strange Nation (Single, 2006) I Can't Be New (2004) New Non-Fiction (2001) Time Between Trains (1998) Last of the Good Straight Girls (1995) Live At Tin Angel (1993) Midwestern Saturday Night (1993) Official Web Site www.SusanWerner.com MP3 Sound Samples SusanWerner.com Music Player Bio & Press Quotes Susan Werner One Sheet New Album Release Announcement March 2007: New Album Release - The Gospel Truth (MP3 Feb 28/CD Mar 6) Press Photos Right Click Links Below To Save File: Susan Werner 4C Hi Res Photo >> Susan Werner 4C Alternat Photo >> Susan Werner 4C with Guitar >> Poster Susan Werner 11X17 4C Poster >> Flyers Susan Werner 11x17 4C TGT Flyer >> Susan Werner 8x11 4C Flyer >> Susan Werner 8x11 2up BW Flyers >> Press Kit at SusanWerner.com Street Team Materials Page >> Sonicbids Press Kit Susan Werner's EPK CONTACTS Management & Marketing Michelle Conceison Market Monkeys P 617.233.1893 F 617.507.6047 michelle @ marketmonkeys.com P.O. 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