Susan Suruda

Susan has received notable attention with her contemporary pop, rock and country songs, winning several awards nationally, including Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year in the Seattle Area Music awards, XM Satellite Radio Album of the Year, FEMMUSIC.com's Artist of the Year and she was a finalist in the Rock category for the song "Everything You/Everything Me" in the USA Songwriting Competition, as well as a top 10 finalist in the CMT Song Contest with her song "The Fall Back Inn."
After releasing three critically acclaimed independent releases (Horse of a Different Color, How To Say Goodbye and Surfacing to Breathe) with songs featured on MTV Road Rules and in independent films, Susan began focusing her talents on writing for other artists and has had cuts by Hannah Michelle Weeks, Winfield's Locket, Derin Togar, and Hannah Ellis, to name a few.
She resides in Nashville, Tennessee where she spends her time writing and, also a visual artist, painting. Susan's website: www.susanruth.com On Facebook: facebook.com/susanruthism



Accolades:
"Susan [Ruth] has a muscular yet feminine take-no-prisoners vocal style and crafts sharp, emotionally gripping songs. She's also a looker …Someone just get her on FM radio and clear a wall for the platinum records."
- Devil in the Woods magazine
"We are all victims of history. If Susan [Ruth] had been born 30 years earlier, she would probably have been hailed as one of rock's leading and trail-blazing women heroines. She's more concerned with the performance and melody and clean sound than trying to make an eclectic 'statement.'.If Susan [Ruth]'s hungry, turned-away, beaten, depressed, needing, hoping, wanting sound isn't touched by brilliance, then neither is Madonna or Jewel or the two-name fe-rockers that have conquered the world…her talent will hold its own toward stardom."
- Ben Ohmart (Assistant Editor), Musicdish.com
"…It is [Ruth]'s voice that stands out the most to the listener – catchy guitar hooks, repeated to the point that the listener can no longer stay still. Need more proof that Susan [Ruth]'s the real thing?"
- KMTT, 103.7FM (Seattle)
"Susan [Ruth] is not only one of the finest singer/songwriters I've ever heard, but so lively and entertaining on the radio that we had her fill in for several weeks for a full time co-host. She has a star personality!" – Bob Rivers, The Bob Rivers Show (#1 morning show in Washington region) – KZOK 102.5FM
"Susan [Ruth] is an ambitious singer-songwriter with an appropriately aggressive take on pop/rock reminiscent of the artists [like] Sheryl Crow and Pink. Her vibrant, throaty contralto, classically-trained distinguishes her from her models. Standing in at 6' tall, she has commanding stage presence to match.
- Triple Door, Seattle, WA
"Compelling & sincere, contemporary pop-rock"
- Kings of A&R
"You don't forget a voice like this… [Susan is] not afraid to experiment with music and dig for the real emotion with her lyrics…Most of her tracks are radio-ready pop-rock. But there are unexpected places where she starts to shift gears. That's where I really started paying attention. Lyrics kept jumping out and connecting with me…You've been warned."
- Indie-Music.com
"Susan Ruth's writing is often short-story like…She also has a talent for addressing loss without the usual bitterness…Many are struck by [her] voice, powerful and controlled as she sings…"
- Seattle Times
"As the bar really began to fill, the lovely Susan [Ruth] took the stage. She has a huge voice - clear as the Texas skies…Susan sings with polished pop perfection… mixing silky ballads with driving pop. Crystal vocals and intelligent lyrics climb and mesh with the backing band to fill the crowding room. Susan has been winning awards left and right and the reasons clearly show. Talent, style and delivery make this woman one to watch."
- SXSW