HARPETH HALL "SONGWRITERS EVENING" BENEFIT
 September 27, 2005

Kathy Mattea, Lari White and Suzy  will be participating in a benefit for the Harpeth Hall Girls School in Nashville on Friday, October 28th.

More information:
www.harpethhall.com/common/newsDetail.asp?L1=4&L2=1&newsid=184666
 

SUZY PART OF YMCA BENEFIT  "GUITAR PULL"
 September 26, 2005

Suzy will be participating in a benefit for the Green Hills Family YMCA in Nashville on October 4th.  More information below

Location Rhythm Kitchen (Formerly Cafe' Milano) Directions Located at 174 Third Avenue North, Downtown Nashville 1/2 Block North of the Bellsouth Bldg. between Commerce and Church Street Date October 4th  Time 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. (estimated) Tickets $25  Purchase at The Green Hills Family YMCA Benefits We Build People Schedule Doors open at 6 p.m.   Opening artist perform 6:30 p.m.to 7 p.m Allen Ramsey, and The Road Hammers   Headliners perform 7:30 p.m.,  3 songs each Joshua Payne,  Michael Passons, Annette Strean, Shannon Brown, James Slater, Brett James, and Suzy Bogguss Emcee: Denny Diamond Note Ticket price includes heavy appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks, Cash Bar available Link: www.ymcamidtn.org/about/wbp_faqs.shtml

SUZY PERFORMS NEW SONG ON OPRY
 September 1, 2005

On Saturday, August 27th, Suzy peformed on the Grand Ole Opry.   For the televised portion of the show, she sang I Still Miss Someone from her 1994 Simpatico album with Chet Atkins.   She followed that song with a brand new piece that is slated to be on her next CD.   The song Heaven is a touching confession by a gal that has found someone new and is trying to say goodby to another love that she can no longer see.   She has found a new heaven on earth with this new love and having to let go of her lost love that is now in Heaven.

The song was written by Suzy's husband and superb song smithy, Doug Crider.

If the increase in fan mail this last week is any indication, this one airing of the song touched a whole lot of folks out there and we expect that once given even greater exposure, it could easily become another signature song for Suzy.

The new CD is expected to be released sometime after the first of the year though no specific date has yet been set.  Keep and eye on the website for more details as soon as we get them!!

To listen to the broadcast, follow the link below and click on the Grand Ole Opry link under 8/26 - 8/30  
WSMOnline Link:  www.wsmonline.com/page.asp?SID=1&Page=248
Suzy's segment starts at: 1:13:58
Her performance of "Heaven" starts at: 1:18:17

ENJOY!!!

SUZY GRAND MARTIAL FOR HOMETOWN PARADE
 September 1, 2005

Suzy will be the grand martial for the Aledo, Illinois Sesquicentenial parade on September 17th.  The celebration that runs September 15th thru the 18th will include all sort of activities.
For more information check out: www.aledo150.org

While no show is slated in Aledo, Suzy's will be performing in Monmouth, IL (south of Aledo) on Sunday evening. Check out the tour page for more info.

QUIET BROKEN WITH SUZY NEWSLETTER
 May 23, 2005

Suzy has been Busy Busy Busy the last few months.  With shows in the states,  a trip to Spain for a private show, writing, and recording for her next album, our favorite gal songsmith had been maintaining a firey pace.    For the rest of us, wondering what Suzy's been up to, it been almost a deafening quiet as our own lives hustle and bustle along.   Then in an instant, the quiet is broken as Suzy and Doug took some time to tack together a little newsletter.  Click here

Knowing that quiet will again be displaced with the beautifully crafted strains of Suzy's music is a major comfort to those of us waiting for the shows of summer and early fall. While we wait and wonder, Suzy has been busy forging the intricate details of her chosen craft. One that many of her fans enjoy a great deal.  I guess we should have known from that late night glow down at the songsmithy shop that something was going on.  Here's hoping the brilliant shine of these newly polished pieces will attract even more attention to Suzy's music.

Suzy's has been recording sessions in the NY area at Bennett Studios.  For those interested, here's a link: www.bennettstudios.com

SUZY SINGS FOR DANCERS AND GAC
January  6, 2005, Updated Jan 10, 2005

The World Championships of Country Dance is getting ready to kick off a six-day event in Nashville. Suzy Bogguss, Buddy Jewell, and Nashville Star debut-season contestant Jamey Garner are confirmed to take part. Garner will perform next Thursday night, Bogguss will perform Saturday night, and Jewell will make an appearance on closing day, Sunday the 16th. The professional competition will be taped for a television special to air on GAC tv in February.
See ucwdcworlds.com for more information on the Championships.
Suzy will be singing some songs at 6 p.m. for the special that Great American Country is making at the event.

CHARITY AUCTION OF ONE OF A KIND ART ENDS SOON
 May 26, 2005

Suzy along with a host of other musicans, artists, and celebrities participated in a charity auction to end May 31st during the NISOD conference in Austin.    Stick Ponies were painted by the participating artists to create one of a kind works of art to be auctioned in support of the Amondo Peña CCLP / NISOD Endowments at The University of Texas at Austin.

Several links are provided below including ones to view and bid on individual ponies. Suzy's horse is number 29 and is entitled Kaleidascope and me.  Suzy has participated in other events involving friend and talented artist,  Amado Peña, Jr..
The variety of ponies is quite impressive so have a look via the links below!!  And if you're looking for a one of a kind piece of artwork created by Suzy or one of the others ... your chance to get this is about to disappear.

The auction has now ended... here's left and right side images of Suzy's pony.

Links:
http://www.nisod.org/conference/ponies/index.htm
http://www.nisod.org/conference/
http://www.nisod.org/conference/ponies.htm
http://www.nisod.org/forms/ponies_bid.htm
http://www.nisod.org/pena_endowments/AMP_about.html

BOGGUSS STALKERS BECOME THE STALKEES
 April 25, 2005

Recently members of the Society of Benevolent Suzy Bogguss Stalkers (SBSBS) met at a concert in Georgia to participate in their favorite past time.  But the tables were turned as can be seen in the photo below when Suzy decided to stalk the stalkers....  All ended well though as none of the SBSBS members would even consider a restraining order on this particular stalker..... Rumor has it, the show was pretty darn good too.

Suzy Stalks SBSBS charter members (LtoR) Allen (Idaho), Mark (Kansas),
Rus (Washington State), Bill (Kentucky).   Photo by Jim Lee.

SUZY KID PAN ALLEY (Nashville) CD NOW AVAILABLE
January  22, 2005

The Last Year, the Nashville Chamber Orcherstra had a concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to showcase the Kid Pan Alley, Nashville project.  Suzy was a part of the project and the kickoff concert as well. Suzy's song was Bouncin' Off the Bottom

The CD is NOW available!!
Check out:   www.nco.org/cdstore.html

Also see: 
www.cdbaby.com/cd/kidpanalley2
Www.towerrecords.com

SUZY PART OF KID PAN ALLEY NASHVILLE
 September 6, 2004

The Kid Pan Alley project that was started in Virginia, has branched out to another project in Nashville.  Local song writers join children from local schools is a process of creating, writing and performing songs.  The highly successful program allows the children to share in the creative process.  

Kid Pan Alley grew out of a school residency that was designed to celebrate the creative voices of the children of rural Rappahannock County, Virginia.

Songwriter Paul Reisler, inspired by the quality, variety and freshness of the over 50 songs he wrote in collaboration with over 600 children, invited a diverse group of the community's professional musicians to take one song each and record it according to their own vision.

Now, Kid Pan Alley is in Nashville.  Last fall, Kid Pan Alley songwriters worked in a group songwriting process with Nashville children. After the songs were written, musicians from the Nashville Chamber Orchestra accompanied the songwriters on follow up visits so that the children could experience their songs taking shape.  It was a remarkable experience for the children as they see orchestral instruments in a whole new light—in support of their songs.

We had some of Nashville's top songwriters including Beth Nielsen Chapman, Jon Vezner, Angela Kaset, Bill Lloyd, Jason Blume, Jim Photoglo, Rick Beresford, James Dean Hicks, Chuck Jones, and Gary Nicholson joining Kid Pan Alley's Paul Reisler in working with the children.

Some of Nashville's best known recording artists including Kix Brooks, Amy Grant, Raul Malo of the Mavericks, Delbert McClinton, Suzy Bogguss, Michael W. Smith, Tommy Sims, Jimmy Hall, Lari White, Jonell Mosser, Darrell Scott, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Kim Richey and others are participating in the recording of the songs.

For more information see: www.kidpanalley.org

SUZY HEADS TO COUNTRY IN THE ROCKIES
(February 1st - February 6th)
December 4, 2004

CITR generates financial support for the Frances W. Preston Research Center, a division of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Suzy and Doug are among the long list of stars that will be participating again this year:
www.citr.org/artists_events.html
For more information on this years events check out:
www.citr.org

Check out the photos from 2004.. Suzy, Doug, and even Ben appear in several: www.citr.org/CITRX_Photos.html

Country In The Rockies
2005 Photos
Now Available On-Line
www.citr.org/Picture_Creator_2005
Have a look and see what a great charity event looks like!!!

SUZY JOINS SECOND HARVEST BOARD IN NASHVLLE
January  31, 2005

Suzy is one of the 2004-2005 Board members for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. At Suzy's Belcourt Christmas show, contribution boxes were filled by patrons of the show who were asked to bring non-perishable items for distribution by Second Harvest.  Suzy encourages everyone to get involved in helping fight hunger.  A great place to start is right in your local community.
More info:
Middle Tennessee Sencond Harvest: www.secondharvestnashville.org/
America's Second Harvest: www.secondharvest.org/

BEAUTIFUL DREAMER: THE SONGS OF STEPHEN FOSTER
GRAMMY NOMINATION
 December 8, 2004

"Beautiful Dreamer represents a contemporary anomaly, a tribute album that's not only good but essential...The album honors America's first great professional songwriter with some of the most spectacularly beautiful popular singing I've heard in ages."  --Dave Marsh, No Depression

Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster
Nominated for and WINS Grammy Award for
Best Traditional Folk Album

American Roots Publishing's debut release, Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster, is nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Folk Album category. Grammy Awards are handed out on February 13, 2005 at 8pm ET/PT on CBS.

Beautiful Dreamer is a collection of Foster's most beloved compositions and lesser-known exquisite parlor songs of his day sung by some of today's most respected musical artists including Raul Malo, Alison Krauss with Edgar Meyer, Yo Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor, Mavis Staples, John Prine, Michelle Shocked & Pete Anderson, David Ball, Roger McGuinn, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Ollabelle, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Suzy Bogguss, Ron Sexsmith, The Duhks, Judith Edelman, Henry Kaiser, Grey DeLisle, Will Barrow and BR 549. The compilation was produced by Steve Fishell and David Macias.

Although Foster, America's first great songwriter, died 140 years ago, his legacy lives on in the hundreds of songs he left behind. Foster's compositions (including "Oh Susanna," "My Old Kentucky Home,"  "Camptown Races," "Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair" and "Hard Times Come Again No More") are woven into the fabric of our national identity, yet most music fans today know little about him. Foster has been unjustifiably overlooked in recent decades. Although tribute albums have become much too common, this project's historical significance distinguishes it from a crowded field.

In the days preceding the civil war, Foster, his brother and some friends had a garage bandâ€"playing their music in the stable adjacent to their home.   Decades before recorded music and radio existed, Foster's songs were "hits" all over America.  In the civil war era book, "Cold Mountain," Ada uses a twenty-dollar gold piece given to her by Monroe to purchase a volume of Foster's songs. "Oh! Susanna" was the theme song for the California Gold Rush. "Old Folks At Home" was an anthem for slaves in the underground railroad.

In 15 weeks, Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster, released by a nonprofit organization and not a record label, has sold more than 20,000 copies.The musical collection is the first fundraising project by American Roots Publishing, whose board members include such luminaries as Apple Computer inventor Steve Wozniak, roots music icon Emmylou Harris and daytime drama actress Bobbie Eakes along with music industry veterans Tom Frouge, Cameron Strang, Kathi Whitley and Steve Fishell. Rounding out the board are publishing executive Steve Garvan and academic Jack Sullivan.  American Roots Publishing was founded by former music journalist and editor, Tamara Saviano.

Beautiful Dreamer is available at record stores everywhere, pastemusic.com, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and americanrootspublishing.org.

SUZY VISITED BY ONE OF THOSE 49 MEN
December 24, 2005

Suzy was surprised at one of her shows this past year by one of those 50 residents from the little town of Centennial, WY.  Jeff Kimball pictured here with Suzy was one of the Banjo players with the band in Centennial where Suzy learned one of her all time favorite songs, Night Riders Lament. Thanks to her time in Centennial, Suzy still introduces new folks to this great song.