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| alias = Oh Susanna
| alias = Oh Susanna
| birth_date =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States of America|USA]]
| birth_place = [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], Massachusetts, US
| origin =
| origin =
| instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]], [[guitar]]
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| genre = [[Alternative country]]
| genre = [[Alternative country]]
| occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]]
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 1997–present
| years_active = 1997–present
| label = [[MapleMusic Recordings|MapleMusic]], [[Outside Music]]
| label = [[MapleMusic Recordings|MapleMusic]], [[Outside Music]]
| associated_acts =
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|https://www.ohsusanna.com/}}
| website = {{URL|www.ohsusanna.com/}}
}}
}}


'''Suzanne Elizabeth Ungerleider''', who writes and performs under the name '''Oh Susanna''', is an [[Canadians of American origin|American-Canadian]] [[alternative country]] [[singer-songwriter]] from [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], currently based in [[Toronto]].
'''Suzanne Elizabeth Ungerleider''', who writes and performs under the name '''Oh Susanna''', is an [[Canadians of American origin|American-Canadian]] [[alternative country]] singer-songwriter from [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, currently based in [[Toronto]].


==Career==
==Career==
Ungerleider chose to perform under the name Oh Susanna rather than her given name as a means of keeping her private and professional lives separate. She initially wanted to be a somewhat theatrical performer. "I had this notion, okay I'm going to try and wear these vintage clothes and I play this old [[Stella (guitar)|Stella guitar]], which is like this mail order guitar that [[blues]] guys used to play," said Ungerleider.<ref name="canoe1">{{cite web|last=Stevenson |first=Jane |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Oh_Susanna/2011/06/05/18241201.html |title=Oh Susanna carves her own path |publisher=CANOE - JAM! Music |date=5 June 2011 |accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref> She played her first show under the name Oh Susanna at the Railway Club in Vancouver in July 1995,<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKenzie |first=Janis|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/discorder/items/1.0050685|title=Discorder|work=CITR-FM (Radio station : Vancouver B. C.)|publisher=UBC Library|language=en|doi=10.14288/1.0050685|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> and released her first independent recording, a seven-song [[extended play|EP]], in 1997. At approximately this time, she decided to relocate to Toronto after attending [[Blue Rodeo]]'s Stardust Picnic festival.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stevenson |first=Jane |url=http://blogs.canoe.ca/ent/music/jim-cuddy-gets-sweaty-for-oh-susanna-on-new-record/ |title=Jim Cuddy gets sweaty for Oh Susanna on new record |publisher=ENT blog |date=3 June 2011 |access-date=3 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120707030442/http://blogs.canoe.ca/ent/music/jim-cuddy-gets-sweaty-for-oh-susanna-on-new-record/ |archive-date=7 July 2012 |df= }}</ref> In 1999, she released her full-length debut, ''Johnstown'', and toured Canada and the [[United States]] with fellow musicians [[Veda Hille]] and [[Kinnie Starr]], in what they dubbed the "Scrappy Bitches Tour".<ref name="Inc.2000">{{cite journal|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Singer/Songwriter Oh Susannah aims to break out with third set|work=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75|date=16 December 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=48 and 75|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
Ungerleider chose to perform under the name Oh Susanna rather than her given name as a means of keeping her private and professional lives separate. She initially wanted to be a somewhat theatrical performer. "I had this notion, okay I'm going to try and wear these vintage clothes and I play this old [[Stella (guitar)|Stella guitar]], which is like this mail order guitar that [[blues]] guys used to play," said Ungerleider.<ref name="canoe1">{{cite web|last=Stevenson |first=Jane |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Oh_Susanna/2011/06/05/18241201.html |title=Oh Susanna carves her own path |publisher=CANOE JAM! Music |date=June 5, 2011 |accessdate=May 3, 2012}}</ref> She played her first show under the name Oh Susanna at the Railway Club in Vancouver in July 1995,<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKenzie |first=Janis|url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/discorder/items/1.0050685|title=Discorder|work=CITR-FM (Radio station : Vancouver B. C.)|publisher=UBC Library|language=en|doi=10.14288/1.0050685|access-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref> and released her first independent recording, a seven-song [[extended play|EP]], in 1997. At approximately this time, she decided to relocate to Toronto after attending [[Blue Rodeo]]'s Stardust Picnic festival.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stevenson |first=Jane |url=http://blogs.canoe.ca/ent/music/jim-cuddy-gets-sweaty-for-oh-susanna-on-new-record/ |title=Jim Cuddy gets sweaty for Oh Susanna on new record |publisher=ENT blog |date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=May 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120707030442/http://blogs.canoe.ca/ent/music/jim-cuddy-gets-sweaty-for-oh-susanna-on-new-record/ |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |df= }}</ref> In 1999, she released her full-length debut, ''Johnstown'', and toured Canada and the United States with fellow musicians [[Veda Hille]] and [[Kinnie Starr]], in what they dubbed the "Scrappy Bitches Tour".<ref name="Inc.2000">{{cite journal|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Singer/Songwriter Oh Susannah aims to break out with third set|work=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75|date=December 16, 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=48 and 75|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>


At the [[19th Genie Awards]] in 1999, she won the [[Genie Award]] for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]], for her song "River Blue" from the film ''[[The Fishing Trip]]''.<ref>"Genie Awards turn into the Don McKellar show". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 13, 1998.</ref>
At the [[19th Genie Awards]] in 1999, she won the [[Genie Award]] for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]], for her song "River Blue" from the film ''[[The Fishing Trip]]''.<ref>"Genie Awards turn into the Don McKellar show". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 13, 1998.</ref>


She has since released six more albums, ''Sleepy Little Sailor'' (2001), ''Oh Susanna'' (2003), ''Short Stories'' (2007), ''Soon the Birds'' (2011), ''Namedropper'' (2014), and ''A Girl in Teen City'' (2017). Her recordings have featured guest musicians [[Luke Doucet]], [[Justin Rutledge]], Burke Carroll, [[Bazil Donovan]] and [[Jim Cuddy]] of [[Blue Rodeo]], [[Ruth Moody]] of [[The Wailin' Jennys]], and members of [[Weeping Tile]].
She has since released six more albums, ''Sleepy Little Sailor'' (2001), ''Oh Susanna'' (2003), ''Short Stories'' (2007), ''Soon the Birds'' (2011), ''Namedropper'' (2014), and ''A Girl in Teen City'' (2017). Her recordings have featured guest musicians [[Luke Doucet]], [[Justin Rutledge]], Burke Carroll, [[Bazil Donovan]] and [[Jim Cuddy]] of [[Blue Rodeo]], [[Ruth Moody]] of [[The Wailin' Jennys]], and members of [[Weeping Tile]].


Of the inspiration for her songs, Ungerleider has said "A lot of that stuff comes from other people who have told me things. Some of it's totally made up".<ref name="canoe1"/> She also says that her Western Canadian upbringing has inspired some of her lyrics.<ref name="canadianinterviews1"/>
Of the inspiration for her songs, Ungerleider has said "A lot of that stuff comes from other people who have told me things. Some of it's totally made up".<ref name="canoe1"/> She also says that her Western Canadian upbringing has inspired some of her lyrics.<ref name="canadianinterviews1"/>


In 2012, Ungerleider announced that she intended to obtain [[Canadian nationality law|Canadian citizenship]]. Plans to begin recording a new album<ref>Howdy Folks, http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1521c2e10e1fdf5e8865ab57&id=6331c50d67</ref> were sidetracked in 2013 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. However, she has undergone treatment for that, and released the album, ''Namedropper'' on October 7, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Oh Susannah|url=http://ohsusanna.com/2011/about/|website=Oh Susannah|access-date=23 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023181349/http://ohsusanna.com/2011/about/|archive-date=23 October 2014|df=}}</ref>
In 2012, Ungerleider announced that she intended to obtain [[Canadian nationality law|Canadian citizenship]]. Plans to begin recording a new album<ref>Howdy Folks, http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1521c2e10e1fdf5e8865ab57&id=6331c50d67</ref> were sidetracked in 2013 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. However, she has undergone treatment for that, and released the album, ''Namedropper'' on October 7, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Oh Susannah|url=http://ohsusanna.com/2011/about/|website=Oh Susannah|access-date=October 23, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023181349/http://ohsusanna.com/2011/about/|archive-date=October 23, 2014|df=}}</ref>


Her next project "A Girl in Teen City" was released in 2017. The album is an autobiographical depiction of herself in her youth "in search of identity, "falling in love, getting drunk, having her heart broken, hanging out with friends in bedrooms, basements and parking lots, sneaking into shows in burnt out warehouses, watching the waves, walking home over bridges and railroad tracks in all that endless rain.""<ref>{{cite web|title=The second coming of Canadian singer-songwriter Oh Susanna|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/the-second-coming-of-canadian-singer-songwriter-oh-susanna/article35100885/|website=www.theglobeandmail.com|date=24 May 2017}}</ref>
Her next project "A Girl in Teen City" was released in 2017. The album is an autobiographical depiction of herself in her youth "in search of identity, "falling in love, getting drunk, having her heart broken, hanging out with friends in bedrooms, basements and parking lots, sneaking into shows in burnt out warehouses, watching the waves, walking home over bridges and railroad tracks in all that endless rain.""<ref>{{cite web|title=The second coming of Canadian singer-songwriter Oh Susanna|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/the-second-coming-of-canadian-singer-songwriter-oh-susanna/article35100885/|website=www.theglobeandmail.com|date=May 24, 2017}}</ref>


In 2019, Ungerleider marked the 20th anniversary of her critically acclaimed debut album "Johnstown" by releasing a remastered version of the album on [[Record Store Day]] (April 13).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kerr|first=Author Paul|date=2019-07-22|title=Oh Susanna “Johnstown 20th Anniversary Re-mastered & Extended” (Continental Song City, 2019)|url=https://americana-uk.com/oh-susanna-johnstown-20th-anniversary-re-mastered-extended-continental-song-city-2019|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Americana UK|language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2019, Ungerleider marked the 20th anniversary of her critically acclaimed debut album "Johnstown" by releasing a remastered version of the album on [[Record Store Day]] (April 13).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kerr|first=Author Paul|date=July 2, 2019|title=Oh Susanna “Johnstown 20th Anniversary Re-mastered & Extended” (Continental Song City, 2019)|url=https://americana-uk.com/oh-susanna-johnstown-20th-anniversary-re-mastered-extended-continental-song-city-2019|access-date=June 17, 2020|website=Americana UK|language=en-GB}}</ref>


The next release for Oh Susanna is the Deluxe Edition re-release of her 2001 album "Sleepy Little Sailor". The album is set for release on September 4, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-12|title=Singer-songwriter Oh Susanna announces her new single ‘Sacrifice‘|url=https://www.essex-tv.co.uk/singer-songwriter-oh-susanna-announces-her-new-single-sacrifice/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Essex-TV|language=en-GB}}</ref>
The next release for Oh Susanna is the Deluxe Edition re-release of her 2001 album "Sleepy Little Sailor". The album is set for release on September 4, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 1, 2020|title=Singer-songwriter Oh Susanna announces her new single ‘Sacrifice‘|url=https://www.essex-tv.co.uk/singer-songwriter-oh-susanna-announces-her-new-single-sacrifice/|access-date=June 17, 2020|website=Essex-TV|language=en-GB}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Ungerleider was born in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]<ref>Oh Susanna, don't you cry http://www.nicholasjennings.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1251</ref> but raised in Vancouver.<ref name="canadianinterviews1">{{cite web|url=http://canadianinterviews.com/interview/index.php?ID=720&SECTION=83&type=music |title=Ready and Willing to Climb: Interview with Oh Susanna |publisher=Canadianinterviews.com |date=26 April 2011 |accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/oh_susanna_to_release_new_full-length_in_april |title=Oh Susanna to Release New Full-length in April |publisher=Exclaim.ca |date=3 March 2011 |accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref> Her father, Charles, is a professor at Vancouver's [[University of British Columbia]].<ref name="canoe1"/> She lives near Toronto's High Park with husband/drummer [[Weeping Tile (band)|Cam Giroux]] and their son who was born in 2005.
Ungerleider was born in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]<ref>Oh Susanna, don't you cry http://www.nicholasjennings.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1251</ref> but raised in Vancouver.<ref name="canadianinterviews1">{{cite web|url=http://canadianinterviews.com/interview/index.php?ID=720&SECTION=83&type=music |title=Ready and Willing to Climb: Interview with Oh Susanna |publisher=Canadianinterviews.com |date=April 26, 2011 |accessdate=May 3, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/oh_susanna_to_release_new_full-length_in_april |title=Oh Susanna to Release New Full-length in April |publisher=Exclaim.ca |date=March 3, 2011 |accessdate=May 3, 2012}}</ref> Her father, Charles, is a professor at Vancouver's [[University of British Columbia]].<ref name="canoe1"/> She lives near Toronto's High Park with husband/drummer [[Weeping Tile (band)|Cam Giroux]] and their son who was born in 2005.


==Discography==
==Discography==
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===Contributions===
===Contributions===
* ''The Fishing Trip'' ([[Cinema of Canada|film]]) (1998, [[Mongrel Media]]) - "River Blue"
* ''The Fishing Trip'' ([[Cinema of Canada|film]]) (1998, [[Mongrel Media]]) "River Blue"
* ''[[Maybe This Christmas Too?]]'' (2003, [[Nettwerk]]) - "[[Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)|Go Tell It On the Mountain]]"
* ''[[Maybe This Christmas Too?]]'' (2003, [[Nettwerk]]) "[[Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)|Go Tell It On the Mountain]]"
* ''[[Great Canadian Song Quest]]'' (2009, [[CBC Records]]/[[iTunes]]) - "Tough City"
* ''[[Great Canadian Song Quest]]'' (2009, [[CBC Records]]/[[iTunes]]) "Tough City"


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:40, 16 September 2020

Oh Susanna
Oh Susanna (center) performing at the 2007 NXNE festival
Oh Susanna (center) performing at the 2007 NXNE festival
Background information
Birth nameSuzie Ungerleider
Also known asOh Susanna
BornNorthampton, Massachusetts, US
GenresAlternative country
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1997–present
LabelsMapleMusic, Outside Music
Websitewww.ohsusanna.com

Suzanne Elizabeth Ungerleider, who writes and performs under the name Oh Susanna, is an American-Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia, currently based in Toronto.

Career

Ungerleider chose to perform under the name Oh Susanna rather than her given name as a means of keeping her private and professional lives separate. She initially wanted to be a somewhat theatrical performer. "I had this notion, okay I'm going to try and wear these vintage clothes and I play this old Stella guitar, which is like this mail order guitar that blues guys used to play," said Ungerleider.[1] She played her first show under the name Oh Susanna at the Railway Club in Vancouver in July 1995,[2] and released her first independent recording, a seven-song EP, in 1997. At approximately this time, she decided to relocate to Toronto after attending Blue Rodeo's Stardust Picnic festival.[3] In 1999, she released her full-length debut, Johnstown, and toured Canada and the United States with fellow musicians Veda Hille and Kinnie Starr, in what they dubbed the "Scrappy Bitches Tour".[4]

At the 19th Genie Awards in 1999, she won the Genie Award for Best Original Song, for her song "River Blue" from the film The Fishing Trip.[5]

She has since released six more albums, Sleepy Little Sailor (2001), Oh Susanna (2003), Short Stories (2007), Soon the Birds (2011), Namedropper (2014), and A Girl in Teen City (2017). Her recordings have featured guest musicians Luke Doucet, Justin Rutledge, Burke Carroll, Bazil Donovan and Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo, Ruth Moody of The Wailin' Jennys, and members of Weeping Tile.

Of the inspiration for her songs, Ungerleider has said "A lot of that stuff comes from other people who have told me things. Some of it's totally made up".[1] She also says that her Western Canadian upbringing has inspired some of her lyrics.[6]

In 2012, Ungerleider announced that she intended to obtain Canadian citizenship. Plans to begin recording a new album[7] were sidetracked in 2013 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. However, she has undergone treatment for that, and released the album, Namedropper on October 7, 2014.[8]

Her next project "A Girl in Teen City" was released in 2017. The album is an autobiographical depiction of herself in her youth "in search of identity, "falling in love, getting drunk, having her heart broken, hanging out with friends in bedrooms, basements and parking lots, sneaking into shows in burnt out warehouses, watching the waves, walking home over bridges and railroad tracks in all that endless rain.""[9]

In 2019, Ungerleider marked the 20th anniversary of her critically acclaimed debut album "Johnstown" by releasing a remastered version of the album on Record Store Day (April 13).[10]

The next release for Oh Susanna is the Deluxe Edition re-release of her 2001 album "Sleepy Little Sailor". The album is set for release on September 4, 2020.[11]

Personal life

Ungerleider was born in Northampton, Massachusetts[12] but raised in Vancouver.[6][13] Her father, Charles, is a professor at Vancouver's University of British Columbia.[1] She lives near Toronto's High Park with husband/drummer Cam Giroux and their son who was born in 2005.

Discography

  • Oh Susanna EP (1997)
  • Johnstown (1999)
  • Sleepy Little Sailor (2001)
  • Oh Susanna (2003)
  • Short Stories (2007)
  • Soon the Birds (2011)
  • Namedropper (2014)
  • A Girl in Teen City (2017)

Contributions

References

  1. ^ a b c Stevenson, Jane (June 5, 2011). "Oh Susanna carves her own path". CANOE – JAM! Music. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ^ McKenzie, Janis. "Discorder". CITR-FM (Radio station : Vancouver B. C.). UBC Library. doi:10.14288/1.0050685. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Stevenson, Jane (June 3, 2011). "Jim Cuddy gets sweaty for Oh Susanna on new record". ENT blog. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Larry LeBlanc (December 16, 2000). "Singer/Songwriter Oh Susannah aims to break out with third set". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 48 and 75. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ "Genie Awards turn into the Don McKellar show". The Globe and Mail, November 13, 1998.
  6. ^ a b "Ready and Willing to Climb: Interview with Oh Susanna". Canadianinterviews.com. April 26, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  7. ^ Howdy Folks, http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1521c2e10e1fdf5e8865ab57&id=6331c50d67
  8. ^ "About Oh Susannah". Oh Susannah. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  9. ^ "The second coming of Canadian singer-songwriter Oh Susanna". www.theglobeandmail.com. May 24, 2017.
  10. ^ Kerr, Author Paul (July 2, 2019). "Oh Susanna "Johnstown 20th Anniversary Re-mastered & Extended" (Continental Song City, 2019)". Americana UK. Retrieved June 17, 2020. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "Singer-songwriter Oh Susanna announces her new single 'Sacrifice'". Essex-TV. June 1, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  12. ^ Oh Susanna, don't you cry http://www.nicholasjennings.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1251
  13. ^ Hudson, Alex (March 3, 2011). "Oh Susanna to Release New Full-length in April". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved May 3, 2012.