April 7, 1998

By Kristina Redlon

“Moving” is only one of the
many words to describe the
Susan Crowe performance.
Held at Galitas, the setting
was perfectly suited to the
music. The audience con-
sisted mainly of adults who
all seemed to enjoy the
music and the food. The
menu for the evening had
been changed in honor of
the night’s guest and offered
meals with song titles in the
names, like “Your One and
Only Life’ Cheesecake’.

With a beautiful, but quiet
voice Crowe gave the audi-
ence a reason to stay in
their seats for the two hour
concert. Crowe’s music is
soft, with acoustic guitars to
back up the lead singer. The
style of her music is folksy,
with a kind of early country
influence. The lyrics of the
music tell stories of love
lost, friendships broken and
even death through a voice
wrought with emotion. The
topics aren't very cheery, but
rather cause one to think as

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they listen. A few of the
audience members were
moved to tears by heart-
breaking melodies like
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Crowe has a wonderfully
smooth voice with a great
range, and she knows how
to use it. Most of the songs
are in the range she is most

on. The Canadian born
singer/songwriter is original-
ly from Nova Scotia but now
lives in Vancouver. At the
sold out concert here in

From Left to Right: Brent Gubbels, Susan Crowe, and John Reishmann. Susan and her
acompanists pose after their concert

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emotion can be fully focused kept the audience enter-

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tained between songs with
personal anecdotes and self
depreciating humor. Crowe
also gave some insight into
how some of the songs
came to be. For example,
the title song to her latest
album, The Door to the
River was apparently
inspired by a painting of the
same name. Crowe's previ-
ous album This Far From
Home was nominated for a
Juno when it was released
two years ago.

Playing with her at the con-
cert were Brent Gubbels
and John Reishman. The
talented musicians played
two 45 minute sets (with an
intermission in between) and
were called back for an
encore. Crowe sang a short
accapella song In the
Evening to end the concert.
| thorough enjoyed the con-
cert and would gladly go see
her perform again.

Susan's concert led listen-
ers in a lovely evening.

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