Reunion

Reunion Artist: Susan Osborn
Label: The Orchard
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 669910709825
EAN: 0669910709825
ASIN: B00004Z3O8


Release Date: 2000-09-05

Reunion


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Tracks:

  1. She Speaks
  2. River Of No Return
  3. Heart River
  4. Moon's Apprentice
  5. Run With An Arrow
  6. Nola
  7. Bittersweet
  8. The Seed Is In The Bloom
  9. One Step At A Time
  10. Romantic Fool
  11. Reunion
  12. Chain Of Life

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A set of pipes you need to hear.......2000-11-17

What a pleasure to see Susan Osborn's newest release,"ReUnion," available here! For far too many years on a new-recording hiatus, Susan is back with us, and we all get the benefit of her return.

If you are of a certain age, and were in the right place (Greenwich Village) at the right time (when folk music was king, during the turbulent late '60's - early '70's), you may have caught Susan at a very early stage in her career. More likely, if her name and voice are familiar, it is because of her work with Paul Winter over the better part of a decade from 1976 to the mid-'80's, during which time she was an artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. Her vocal work can be heard on such Paul Winter Consort classics as "Common Ground," "Concert for the Earth," and most especially "Missa Gaia" (Earth Mass), where she reigns supreme as a gospel vocalist. Also an inspiring vocal coach and choral leader, her contributions in these areas can be found on the final track of "Earthbeat," a joint world-music effort between the Consort and the Dimitri Pokrovsy Singers from Russia. Perhaps her best album over that period was her eponymous solo debut album, "Susan," on Winter's Living Music Records, a discontinued rarity worth scouring the earth for at auctions, used CD stores, and similar sources.

This is Susan's first domestic release in about 15 years, and it is a delight from start to finish. Using a mostly acoustical background of 6- and 12-string guitars, 8-string tenor guitar and keyboards, she has crafted a set of new original songs in "retro" settings that can bring back 30+ years of memories to those who remember the heady days when Baez and Collins were queens and pop folk was king.

The significance of a song lies in both its text and its setting. All of these songs have a special significance, and Susan is as good a lyricist as she is a composer and performer. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be "Run with an Arrow." But "Bittersweet," the title track, and "Chain of Life" are also attention-grabbers. In fact, every track on this new album deserves special mention. So just get it and enjoy the whole dang thing!

What a set of pipes! You'll thank me. But that is just part of my reason for sharing my thoughts in these reviews. Enjoy!

Bob Zeidler

5 out of 5 stars

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  2. Martin Mull & His Fabulous Furniture in Your Living Room ~ Martin Mull
  3. Once and Future King, Pt. 1 ~ Gary Hughes
  4. String Quartet Tribute to David Gray
  5. False Smiles ~ Amy Studt
  6. The Technicolor Dreams of the Status Quo: Complete 60's Recordings ~ Status Quo
  7. Champagne & Wine: The Love Collection ~ Viktor Lazlo
  8. Up All Night ~ Rob Mills
  9. Sleeper ~ Blue Orchids
  10. Freedom and Whiskey ~ Freedom & Whiskey

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Pan Eros ~ Glen Velez

Blue Harlem ~ Duke Ellington

In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall ~ Miles Davis

Minha Historia ~ Marina

American Clave ~ Various Artists

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Die Singles 58-60 ~ Ted Herold

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