Weekend Edition Sunday, June 28, 2009 - Susan Werner first appeared on Weekend Edition in 1999. At the time, she had recently released her album Time Between Trains, and she played a selection of those songs on guitar and piano. But in the 10 years since, she's become something of a musical shape-shifter. View NPR's page.
Woodsongs Old Time Radio Podcast - June 2009
SUSAN WERNER has cultivated a reputation as a daring and innovative songwriter. Her new release Classics, delivers entirely new string arrangements of mainstream popular songs by top songwriters from the classic pop era - the sixties and seventies. Drawing on her unique training as a classical vocalist and the diverse talents of esteemed Boston Symphony and Pops players, Classics sets a mood that highlights elegance and sophistication previously overlooked in the first lives of songs like Paul Simon's A Hazy Shade of Winter, Marvin Gaye's Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), Paul McCartney's Maybe I'm Amazed and America's Lonely People.
WFUV's Take Five - April 2, 2009
Susan Werner talks with 'FUV's John Platt about tackling pop and classical music on her new album 'Classics.'
Folk Alley Podcast - June 2007
Singer songwriter Susan Werner recently stopped by the Folk Alley studios to play us some songs and speak with Jim Blum. We'll feature Susan's official Folk Alley sessions.
Audio Interview with Richard Steele - June 27, 2007
In June 2007, Chicagoans experienced the intimate feel of a cabaret show setting. The Auditorium Theater was transformed into a 1940's club where audience members sat on the stage, listening to performers while enjoying a cocktail. Chicago Public Radio program Eight Forty-Eight'sRichard Steele talked with Werner who said that niche was created early on in her Midwestern upbringing.
Listen to the full interview from WFUV's Take Five. For more information, please visit www.wfuv.org
The daily podcast (M-F) for music lovers that keeps you up-to-date on favorite artists and new talent from the worlds of rock, singer-songwriters, blues, roots, world and beyond. Rita Houston hosts this on-the-go version of WFUV's exclusive in-studio sessions, recorded live in New York City.
Audio Interview with Susan Stamberg - April 17, 2007
Listen to the full interview from NPR's Weekend Edition. For more information, please visit www.npr.org
One of the most popular broadcasters in public radio, Stamberg is well-known for her conversational style, intelligence, and knack for finding an interesting story. Her interviewing has been called "fresh," "friendly, down-to-earth," and (by novelist E.L. Doctorow) "the closest thing to an enlightened humanist on the radio."
Audio Interview with Marian McPartland
Listen to excerpts from Susan's featured guest appearance on NPR's Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland. For more information, please visit www.npr.org/pianojazz/
For more than 25 years, jazz pianist Marian McPartland and her guests have teamed up for an hour of weekly jazz sessions. Whether it's solos, collaboration, reminiscences, or straight talk about influences and style, no two Piano Jazz sessions are ever the same.
