I'm pretty sure Susan Cattaneo won't be bringing Bill Kirchen or The Bottle Rockets with her to this show (how cool would that be, eh?), but she'll definitely be bringing the thing that really makes these videos sparkle — her powerful, passionate voice and a songwriting acumen that seems to be channeling Mary Chapin Carpenter. Call it rootsy. Call it New England Americana with a twang. Whatever you call it, it's really good stuff!

In 2016, Susan was an Emerging Artist at Falcon Ridge Festival and performed as a finalist at the Philadelphia Songwriters Project and at the Wildflower Festival Songwriters contest. Over the past two years, she has also been a finalist or winner at some of the country’s most prestigious songwriting and music contests: Kerrville’s New Folk Contest, the International Acoustic Music Awards, the Independent Music Awards, the 5 Unsigned Only Song Contest, the USA Songwriting Competition, the Mountain Stage New Song Contest, and the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest. Her latest album, Haunted Heart, was voted one of Alternate Root’s Top 100 Albums of the Year, and won Album of the Year at the Limelight Music Awards.

In addition to being a solo performing artist, Susan has been teaching songwriting at the Berklee College of Music for over 10 years, and has also recently joined the Western Mass trio The Boxcar Lilies. She has opened for or shared the stage with Bill Kirchen, David Wilcox, Rose Cousins, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ellis Paul, Paula Cole, Amy Grant, Melissa Ferrick, and The Pousette-Dart Band.

“Cattaneo has been playing around Boston and its environs for a while, sometimes solo and sometimes with stellar players. She rocks with the best of them and also sings ballads so sweetly and lovingly that it can bring tears to the eyes.” – No Depression

“Ultimately it’s rare to find an artist so willing to invest her psyche so fully into her songs, but the return on Cattaneo’s commitment also makes for a compelling set of songs.” – American Songwriter

“She’s able to blend gritty semi-confessional bluesy sounds with poetic conversational lyrics” – Austin Daze

“Her voice is somewhere between national treasure and weapon of mass destruction” – Daily Vault