ReUnion

Susan Osborn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 1, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Golden Thread
• ASIN: B00005NSV3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #668,183 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Susan Osborn is an internationally acclaimed singer and educator who performed and recorded with the Paul Winter Consort for 8 years and for the past 10 years has been recording, performing and teaching in Japan, including three recordings of traditional Japanese melodies in English and performing at the 1998 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan. She continues to teach a class called “ Silence and Song” around the world, which explores the power of singing to generate silence and presence. In 1999, she and David opened The Living Room, a Salon for Music and Art on Orcas Island.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A set of pipes you need to hear, November 17, 2000

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Bob Zeidler (Charlton, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reunion (Audio CD)

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

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reunion - Susan Osborn, October 14, 2000

By A Customer

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This review is from: Reunion (Audio CD)

Susan's new domestic album is most wonderful! Her voice as always is rich and each note meaningful. As a song writer she has grown - her lyrics and melodies speak to my soul. I love this album!