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Susan Werner On Mountain Stage

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Susan Werner On Mountain Stage

Susan Werner makes her 8th appearance on Mountain Stage, bringing songs from her latest album Hayseed. Werner's family has been farming for four generations, and Hayseed draws on that tradition.

Susan Werner On Mountain Stage

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Werner, a Mountain Stage favorite, makes her seventh appearance on the show. Hear five songs from her latest album, Kicking the Beehive.

Susan Werner On Mountain Stage

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Susan Werner On World Cafe

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Susan Werner On World Cafe

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Having made a career performing the unexpected, whether it's jazz, folk or opera, Werner has won widespread recognition for her music exploration. Hear her talk with World Cafe host David Dye about her latest record, Kicking The Beehive.

Susan Werner On World Cafe

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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.

Listen Now: Susan Werner In Concert

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Music Interviews

A Musical Chameleon's Chamber Pop 'Classics'

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.

A Musical Chameleon's Chamber Pop 'Classics'

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Susan Werner: Pop Meets 'Classics'

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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.

Session Spotlight: Susan Werner Performs Marvin Gaye's 'Mercy Mercy Me'

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Susan Werner Finds Her Gospel Truth

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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.

Susan Werner Finds Her Gospel Truth

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A Songwriter's View from the Pew

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.

A Songwriter's View from the Pew

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Susan Werner: 'I Can't Be New'

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.

Susan Werner: 'I Can't Be New'

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