SWerner News: The Ark, OldTownSchool, new tunes, brownies, and more!
tour dates, new songs, brownies
March 30, Chicago
Friends:
Trying out new songs is always a challenging part of the creative cycle (for me, anyway). I want them all to succeed, want them all to run past your ears seamlessly from the very first listen.
Unfortunately, they don’t all make the cut, and they shouldn’t. Just because we writers think something makes sense doesn’t mean it actually makes sense to anybody else.
But when a song is a solid enough container to hold a listener’s thoughts for three minutes, for me as a writer, there’s no thrill quite like it. A good song distills years of lived experience and intense feeling into about 200 seconds. It’s like a fudge brownie – compact, dense, delicious, time slows to a standstill, you never want it to end.
I’ll be testing out some new material in April, come join the rolling focus group in Michigan, in Chicago, in Upstate New York. And I know you’ll tell me the truth, I can feel when you’re restless and the tune isn’t clicking like it should, and I know when you’re tuned in, seeing your own experience in the story of a song. My honor and pleasure, always, to try to get that story right.
SW
P.S. CALIFORNIA Save The Dates: Fri Nov 10, McCabes/Santa Monica, Sat Nov 11, Backroom/Berkeley, Sun Nov 12 Hopmonk/Novato
Wanting to host a private event/house concert with Susan? You can know request one, here: https://www.susanwerner.com/houseconcert
Grand Rapids, MI - Thu, April 6th @ 7:30 pm Midtown (formerly the Listening Room) https://themidtowngr.com/shows-events/detail/Susan-Werner Ann Arbor, MI - Fri, April 7th @ 8:00 pm The Ark https://theark.org/event/susan-werner-230407/ Special Guest, The Sea The Sea Chicago, IL - Sat, April 8th @ 8:00 pm Old Town School of Folk Music https://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2023/04-08-2023-susan-werner/ Special Guest, The Sea The Sea Oxford, NY - Fri, April 21 @ 7:30 pm 6 On The Square https://www.6onthesquare.org/Tickets/tickets.html Schenectady, NY - Sat, April 22 @ 7:30 pm Eighth Step at Proctor's https://www.8thstep.org/events/2023/4/22/susan-werner Oneida, NY - Sun, April 23 @ 3:00 pm Oneida Mansion House https://www.oneidacommunity.org/event-details/susan-werner-at-the-oneida-community-mansion-house Modi'in, ISRAEL - Thurs, May 4th House Concert* * postponed due to political unrest Savannah, Georgia - Wed, May 17th District Live More details coming soon! Brownfield, ME - Fri, July 14th @ 8:00 pm Stone Mountain Arts Center https://www.stonemountainartscenter.com/Susan-Werner.html Arundel, ME - Sun, July 16th @ TBA Vinegar Hill Music Theatre https://vinhillmusic.com/vinegar-hill-music-performances/ Shawano, WI - Sat, August 12th & Sunday, August 13th Shawano Folk Music Festival More details coming soon! Northampton, MA - Thurs, Aug 17 @ 7:30 pm The Parlor Room rescheduled from March 2023 https://www.signaturesoundspresents.com/#calendar-38e4e131-72d9-4b2c-96d9-ed3e3c054ab2-event-ld0ft0px Bryn Mawr, PA - Sat, August 19th @ 7:00 pm Bryn Mawr Twilight Series https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Susan-Werner-BrynMawrTwilightConcerts/538343?afflky=BrynMawrTwilightConcerts Just announced and already sold out: The Cayamo Cruise! Some travelers still seeking roommates, info and sign up for wait list at www.cayamo.com
Greetings - I’m here to agitate for a visit to the Boothbay Harbor Opera House! That place should be a regular stop for you, a great “fit” for your voice and piano. See ya…
Susan, I got to see you years ago with Cheryl Wheeler, in Tulsa Oklahoma. I’ve been a fan since then. I’ve also been collecting your CD’s. They are very hard to find. Is there anyway that I can get the American in Havana CD? I just love that album!! I hope you come to Tulsa someday. Thanks for the great music!!!!!!