From Bluegrass Jamboree
"I received the package filled with your wonderful music, and although I have only listened to about 8 songs, I am enthralled with your voice, the emotion you put into every song as if you were living it at the […]
“The wonderful thing to me is that when I hear your recording of any song of mine….I feel as though it is myself, singing…It cannot be sung better – differently, but never better….with people like this to trust, my music will go on living, and soaring. And so will I.” Jean Ritchie
…”does something with a song that only great singers can do…”
KCSN, Northridge, CA
“…one of the most beautiful voices in bluegrass and folk music today.” KPFK’s FolkScene
“…her singing is impressive at all ranges…” Bluegrass Unlimited
“The band is tight, great picking, and beautiful vocals and harmony.”
Che Greenwood, KVMR, Nevada City, CA
“…she held the audience in the palm of her hand….” Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival
“…she can blow the roof off any joint lucky enough to book her.” Entertainment Weekly
“I especially liked the Jean Ritchie songs…..You captured the lonesome sweetness of her voice and delivery.” Laurie Lewis
“Great bluegrass mixed with Appalachian folk songs that nobody can sing like Susie!”
Joe Craven
“Susie is as good as it gets…you owe it to yourself to see this band and find out what you’ve been missing.”
Ken Frankel, Freight and Salvage Coffee House
Folkworks Magazine Online Picks Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band in their 2008 Top 10 Acoustic Bands in Southern California
“Blue Eyed Darlin'” Winner Of 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Award for Best Roots Album
Susie Glaze Winner of 1999 Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest for Traditional Singing
"I received the package filled with your wonderful music, and although I have only listened to about 8 songs, I am enthralled with your voice, the emotion you put into every song as if you were living it at the […]
"Though surrounded by premier pickers, Glaze's lilting lead vocals and down-home phrasing light up bluegrass standards such as "West Virginia Mine Disaster," swing tunes, and folk-rock songs like Dylan's "Lay Down Your Weary Tune." Glaze explores an eclectic mix, […]
September 2008 Issue I listened to this new album by singer Susie Glaze, titled "Green Kentucky Blues," before I read her biography. Glaze doesn't have a typical bluegrasssounding voice, yet her singing is impressive at all ranges. There is a […]
(London, October 10, 2008) FOUR STARS "…An excellent production with flawless musicianship, a carefully selected choice of material and a relatively new voice in the bluegrass field that we are certain to hear alot more of in the coming years." […]
"Susie Glaze's voice at once is sweet and tough. Laurie Lewis' sure production guarantees authenticity and strong performance…On a singer's album like this the songs are key…Smart selections. Strong lilting album."
Review June 18, 2008 by Dennis Roger Reed Susie Glaze is relatively new to the Southern California bluegrass scene, but her rise to the ranks of nationally known talent has been fairly well documented here in the pages of […]
"One of the most significant aspects of this latest Susie Glaze recording project is that it introduces the songwriting talents of bandmember Rob Carlson with such pieces as "Hurricane," "My Own Backyard," and "The River Road"…Susie is supported […]
“Susie Glaze is an enticing folk singer from California’s gold coast, possessing a sultry soprano vocal style that contains a distinct Jean Ritchie influence. “Home On The Hill” is her debut recording and includes material extracted from a variety of […]
Click here to read Larry Wines’ Review of Blue Eyed Darlin’ in Folkworks
"With a recommendation from none other than Jean Ritchie, Susie Glaze will be assured of attentive listeners. A full acoustic band joins Glaze for lovely versions of "One More Mile" and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings' "Paper Wings." With tasteful […]
Click here to read the Folkworks feature article by Dennis Roger Reed
"Susie Glaze is a fresh young voice, strong and flexible…And, she's a communicator, to me the most important of qualities in a singer…how wonderful to hear this new voice taking up my songs… quite suddenly I know that, with people […]
“Blue Eyed Darlin’” is about artistry. It’s about the coming of age of a singer who shamefully has not attained national recognition yet . . . Her music captures your spirit like a master painting holds your gaze…The title song […]
"…Pennsylvania Centre Stage's world premier production of "Singing the Moon Up" delivers the music and times of an American folk legend…Director Steve Rankin's adaptation of writings, songs and commentary by folk icon Jean Ritchie is rich, complex slice of […]
“Blue Eyed Darlin’” Winner Of 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Award for Best Roots Album! Review from BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED: “‘Blue Eyed Darlin’ is a wonderful collection of contemporary bluegrass music from an important voice on the California Bluegrass scene.” […]