Susan Werner

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Name = Susan Werner
|Img_capt = Susan Werner performing at the Nashua River Valley Folk Festival 2008.
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Instrument = vocals, guitar, piano
Genre = Folk, Jazz
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, Musician, Songwriter
Years_active = 1993 - Present
Label = Susan Werner, Private Music/BMG, Velvel Records, Koch Records, Sleeve Dog Records
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URL = [http://www.susanwerner.com/ www.susanwerner.com]
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Susan M. Werner (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter. Much of Werner's work has been in the contemporary folk genre.

Career

Born and raised on a hog farm in Manchester, Iowa, Werner became interested in music at a young age and went on to receive a bachelor's degree in voice at the University of Iowa. In 1987, she moved to Philadelphia, PA, and soon earned a master's degree in voice at Temple University. Werner initially wanted a career in opera, but after seeing a Nanci Griffith performance became inspired and began composing songs of her own on acoustic guitar. Performing around Philadelphia and New York City, Susan began making a name for herself in the folk scene of the early 1990s. She recorded five albums from 1993 to 2001, and eventually moved to Chicago, IL. Her first five albums were all in the folk genre, but Werner's sixth album, "I Can't Be New" (2004), was a substantial departure, with original material in the vein of Tin Pan Alley, cabaret, and early jazz torch songs.

Werner's seventh album, "The Gospel Truth", was released in March 2007 and addresses themes of religion, faith, social responsibility, as well as religion from an Agnostic's point of view.

Discography

* "Midwestern Saturday Night" (1993)
* "Live at Tin Angel" (1993)
* "Last of the Good Straight Girls" (1995)
* "Time Between Trains" (1998)
* "New Non-Fiction" (2001)
* "I Can't Be New" (2004)
* "The Gospel Truth" (2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.susanwerner.com/ Official Site]
* [http://strangenation.cf.huffingtonpost.com/ 'My Strange Nation'] video
* [http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004547/Susan-Werner.html Susan at Musicianguide]
* [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=SUSAN|WERNER&sql=11:wxfqxqwgldde~T0 Susan at allmusic]
* [http://ectoguide.org/artists/werner.susan Susan at Ectoguide]
* [http://www.pixelopolis.com/sw Susan Werner Lyric Archive]
* [http://www.myspace.com/susanwerner Susan Werner] on MySpace