Susan Kane

Susan Kane crafts melodic and memorable songs about life, about relationships, nature, and personal stories imagined and real. Drawing on country, folk and blues influences, and with a warm mellifluous voice, she delivers moving performances. She writes about the struggle of women to define themselves among the tensions and contradictions in the roles they play in everyday life. Other songs recall simple pleasures - like the myriad joys of childhood and make-believe, or finding solace in the exquisite blue beauty of roadside chicory. Still others are wry observations on various contemporary follies. She is an active performer on the Hudson Valley acoustic music circuit, playing music festivals, such as the 2005 Pleasantville Music Festival, coffeehouses and other venues, including the venerable Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling, NY. Her CD, So Long has enjoyed airplay on over 100 radio stations. Produced by Billy Masters (guitarist for Suzanne Vega, Cry Cry Cry, Richard Shindell), So Long showcases Kane's lyric driven songs, set to a variety of musical forms - from roots based alternative country and blues to folk riffs and rock. They're memorable and timeless, as if you've always known them. You'll find yourself unconsciously humming the tunes for days after a spin or two.With her warm, mellifluous voice, listeners often think she reminds them of someone else, but can't quite come up with a comparison. And maybe that's a good thing because the voice has a distinctive quality that's hers alone. Kane's music springs from something deep down inside, personal and private. Through her songs, she hopes to make an emotional connection with her audience, one that with a lyric or a bar or two can pierce the heart.Her song "Chicory Blue" was a 2005 Great American Song Contest Award winner.