REVIEW: Susan Werner at the Tin Angel

rbhoff@ix.netcom.com
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 21:17:59 -0400 (EDT)

I've been waiting to hear Susan Werner for a while, so I was
delighted to find her tonight at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia. The
room is extremely long and narrow -- and packed -- so we were lucky
to have reserved seats near the front, obtainable only with dinner
reservations at Seranno, downstairs.

Susan has a *wonderful* voice, and she's a super performer:
very engaging, very funny, very expressive. A lot of her songs
include humor along with some real feeling, and with her mobile face,
meaningful pauses, and flexible vocals, she's as entertaining as
can be. Some of the many songs: Time Between Trains, Your Old
Mistake, Born a Little Late, Bonsai, St. Mary's of Regret, Last of
the Good Straight Girls. Jeff and I especially enjoyed a riotous
song about needing to see a body -- sorry I don't know the title.
Susan puts on a great show; she talks a lot about all the "bummer"
songs she sings, but the evening is still great fun. Don't miss her!

Peter Mulvey opened with a short set of mostly new tunes -- both his
own new material and a couple of his more recent covers, including
Stephen Foster's Hard Times, Come Again No More; and When the Roll
Is Called Up Yonder. His music may be getting reflective, but my
brother thinks he could be a success in standup because his patter is
a stitch and his timing excellent.

Robin
rbhoff@ix.netcom.com
NJ, USA