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Susan Werner artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
In recent years, the songwriter has consistently changed her approach to recording. She's tackled Great American Songbook material and gospel music from an agnostic perspective; her new project combines '60s and '70s pop with her own symphonic arrangements.
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Werner is the empress of the unpredictable. In a session from WFUV, she merges pop songs with classical composers — Stevie Wonder with Chopin and Cat Stevens with Bach. With just piano and cellist Julia Biber, the two translate the rich string-quartet arrangements on Classics.
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Werner's new album, The Gospel Truth, tackles issues surrounding religious faith without threats of hellfire and brimstone. She showcases material from the disc, and talks about her messages, in an interview and performance from FolkAlley.com.
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Susan Werner has done alternative folk, original American songbook material, and gospel for agnostics. And for her latest effort, she's picked a handful of '60s and '70s pop hits, and arranged string and woodwind backings for them.
()On Susan Werner's newest CD, her sixth, the singer-songwriter moves distinctively away from folk and toward the jazzy American songbook style recently embraced by artists such as Rod Stewart and Norah Jones. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports. Hear three selections from Werner's I Can't Be New.
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Susan Werner's musical path has taken her from opera to pop, jazz and classic American songs. In her latest album, The Gospel Truth, this singer-songwriter journeys to America's spiritual side.
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Folk Alley presents a sampling of its favorite albums this year, submitted by hosts and staff. Selections include venerated legends (Levon Helm, Ricky Skaggs), up-and-comers (The Greencards, Eilen Jewell) and successful folk favorites (Patty Griffin, Susan Werner).
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