“The tenor of local singer-songwriter Susan Cattaneo’s new album, All Is Quiet, is captured perfectly by its title, and with the help of the twinned guitars of Duke Levine and Kevin Barry she wraps its lyrical reflections in a musical blanket of shimmering beauty.” - The Boston Globe
“Incredibly skilled” - Parade Magazine
“...the whole record matches mastercraft writing with intimate arrangements." - The Boston Herald
“...hauntingly beautiful album about surviving the loneliness of the pandemic and finding one's way back to a promise for the future. The all-original songs are dreamy and engagingly intimate… It's an intensely poetic journey that feels honest all the way through." - Steve Morse, Berklee College Of Music
“...fascinatingly multifaceted musician and individual” - Boston.com
“...a beautifully crafted album that provides the promise of hope” - Americana Highways
“...one of Boston’s finest Americana songwriters” - Twangville
“Cattaneo’s silky vocals flow over delicate instrumentation, her ocean-sized depth produces songs that break your heart in the best kind of way. She reminds us that it’s in the tough times that we really find out who we are.” - Mother Church Pew
“Powerful stuff” - Last Day Deaf
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The most powerful voice in the room isn't always the loudest one. On her new album, All is Quiet, out today, award-winning artist Susan Cattaneo sings softly and carries a big song. Nine big songs, actually. Recorded remotely in 2020, All is Quiet reflects Cattaneo’s heartache for the world, but also reveals how she rediscovered joy and resiliency through music.
“It’s been an extraordinary and challenging time to be a musician and creative person in the world,” she explains. “For many artists and musicians, including me, those first few months of 2020 were filled with uncertainty and fear. Opportunities were canceled, collaborations were scrapped, and most importantly, momentum was lost. For the first time in her life, Cattaneo felt creatively muted. All is Quiet was the project that helped her process these feelings and in making this album, she found the joy and redemption that only music can bring. With All Is Quiet, she explores what makes us human–how our brokenness and painful experiences make us who we are. Even diamonds begin with rough edges; it is time and pressure that make them beautiful.
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With her powerful voice, captivating melodies, and finely-crafted lyrics, Susan Cattaneo is one of Boston’s most respected singer/songwriters. A compelling performer and vivid storyteller, her music blends folk, rock, and blues with a hint of country–call it New England Americana.
Following up on the success of her chart-topping double album The Hammer & The Heart, which charted #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, yielded a #1 song on folk radio, and was a top 10 album of 2017, All is Quiet features her signature lyrical and melodic craft as she brings her mastery to a quieter place. Embracing simplicity and vulnerability, the nine songs on All is Quiet speak to the personal nature of loss, relationships, and hope for the future. The album features the beautiful guitar work of national talents Kevin Barry and Duke Levine and was co-produced with Lorne Entress.
Critics, audiences, and fellow artists have instantly connected with the personal nature of Cattaneo’s songs. She is a three-time Kerrville New Folk Finalist, a three-time nominee for Best Americana Artist at the Boston Music Awards, and she won the 2018 CT Folk Festival. Cattaneo has been a finalist or winner at some of the country’s most prestigious songwriting and music contests including the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Philadelphia Songwriters Project, the Wildflower Festival, the Independent Music Awards, the International Acoustic Music Awards, 5 Unsigned Only, the USA Songwriting Competition, the Mountain Stage New Song Contest, and the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.
She has opened for or shared the stage with Bill Kirchen, Mark Erelli, David Wilcox, Rose Cousins, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Livingston Taylor, Paula Cole, Huey Lewis and The News, Amy Grant, Travis Tritt, and more. Cattaneo is also an in-demand educator and collaborator. As a Songwriting Professor at the Berklee College of Music for the past 20 years, she has helped students work on over 15,000 songs in all musical genres and styles and mentored over 2,000 artists. She is also one half of the indie-folk duo called Honest Mechanik with Paul Hansen of The Grownup Noise. The duo launched their first album in July of 2020 and was nominated for Folk Act of The Year at the 2021 Boston Music Awards.
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