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Paul Elisha of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio says, "Like
the fabled Galway Shawl, Susan Hamlin's celtic charm colors a rich
repertoire borrowed from many cultures." As stated in her media
package, she is considered one of today’s premiere
performers of Celtic and American Roots Music. Susan's inventive
arrangements of traditional and authored roots music and fine originals
showcase a major talent who's honoring tradition while keeping an eye on
the horizon.
Born in Buffalo, NY, Hamlin lived her first years with
her grandmother who'd emigrated from Ireland's County Offaly. Singing
before she could read, at 14 she picked up the guitar during the height
of the folk revival—and the British invasion. Influenced early on by
traditional bluegrass, folk and world music, the singing of Ella
Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and the guitar playing of Norman Blake and
Joni Mitchell, Hamlin first took to the road as a Philly-based college
folkie then joined the alternative band that later became THE HOOTERS.
Susan tours extensively from festivals to concerts to public radio and
can be heard as a regular guest on Paul Elisha’s “Performance Place,” a
popular feature program on upstate New York’s largest NPR affiliate,
WAMC. She has performed with such Celtic luminaries as Paddy Keenan,
Alasdair Frasier and Aiofe Clancy of Cherish the Ladies.
Susan's CDs are available at LARAC and in various venues
in the region. At her website www.SusanHamlin.com you can download and listen to some of her music
as well as order her CDs.
Her BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania
with graduate studies in Music Education from SUNY Buffalo has brought
her to a new partnership with musician/songwriter/performer Brian
Chevalier. Together they have created an innovative program
entitled Reading ROCKS!!. Within the realm of familiar
stories such as Clifford the Big Red Dog, Harry Potter,
and Amelia Bedelia, they have the kids singing along to books
they have read. Reading ROCKS has been created as an easy add-in
to a teacher's reading program. Susan and Brian say, "We'll arrive
ready to tie into the existing literacy program. Then the teacher
can sit back and enjoy the fun... and the results! More
information at
www.reading-rocks.com
Susan says, “I have the best job. I’m thankful to have found a place
where real people meet up to experience the kind of music you don’t find
on mass media. We are having a positively wonderful time of it. I don’t
have fans, I have friends, and they are all heroes in my eyes. I can’t
wait to see where we
go from here!” |
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Solo concert
Fri. Sept. 10,
Walpole Unitarian Church Coffeehouse
603-756-3961
"Rise Up Singing" an intuitive song workshop
Tues. Sept. 14 (7-9:30 pm), Holistic Studies Institute
Central Ave., Albany
518-464-9624 call to register
Celtic & Fiery Folk Guitar
Classes for adults
Sept. 20-Oct. 25 (Mondays 7-9 pm, No class Oct 11)
Saratoga Springs Continuing Education, Saratoga Springs
518-583-4782
Rise Up Singing, traditional singing sessions
& technique for adults
Sept. 22-Oct. 13 (Wednesdays 7-9 pm)
Saratoga Springs Continuing Education Saratoga Springs
518-583-4782
Celtic Night VI: Susan
Hamlin, Dan Gurney, Ian Warpole, and more
Oct. 16, 2 shows
Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
518-583-0022 Reserve Early!
Parents
as Reading Partners Conference
NY Reading Rocks (Susan Hamlin and Brian Chevalier perform)
Oct. 20, Long Island |
