Music Style Jazz/Folk/Singer-Songwriter

Musical Influences Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, Sarah Maclachlin, David Wilcox, Billie Holliday

Instruments Vocals, Piano, Rhodes

Albums Prone to Wander (2002) 11 Songs (2001) Sugar Seasoning (2000)

Press Reviews Somewhere between the scream of a busy espresso machine and the defiant keening of several unruly children, Suzanne Brewer laid down her rich smoky sound. Accompanying herself on the piano, Suzanne swept through several lilting melodies, including original and cover pieces that were ideally suited to the background of a dynamic environment. Most people, talking or working, probably sipped their lattes, audibly content. To watch Suzanne, however, was to be fascinated with the incongruous nature of her performance. Her voice, assertive, textured, and emotive, delivered lyrics focused on wistful or contented reflection, creating a sound reminiscent of Fiona Apple on Prozac. Are all of her songs tempered or did she nix her controversial/aggressive set out of deference to her position as provider of chill, coffeehouse soundtrack? During each song, Suzanne had no chance for audience contact as she faced the piano that stood against the wall, again emphasizing her place as background ambiance contibutor. She spoke to her listeners between selections, revealing the sweetest, most benign disposition so strangely at odds with the confidence of her singing voice. Is this her true disposition or a strategic necessity adopted to field every distraction to performance imaginable? Maybe, in the Wednesdays to come (hint, hint; your chance to see Suzanne each week), she'll spotaneously burst into that assumed "other half of her set" rife with confrontational/extrospective lyric, stunning the cacophony that is Mr. Toots into an appreciative, but momentary silence. (AM--The Good Times, Santa Cruz, May 2003)

Location Aptos, CA - USA

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