Various Artists
The Suzanne Langille Songbook
Family Vineyard
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2025
2CD
19.99
FV119CD
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Tracklist
1Lee Ranaldo – Take Me Up
2Heather Leigh – Old John
3Tom Carter, Ronnie Yates & Gabriel Martinez – Come On, Come On
4Neel Murgai – The Dream Comes
5Alessandra Novaga – Crying Low
6Ras Moshe Burnett, William Hooker & Loren Connors – The Eagle
7Jim O'Rourke – End Of My Days
8John Kolodij & Jane Hesser – Let The Darkness Fall
9Alison Farrell – Millie's Not Afraid
10Zoh Amba – Morning Doubt
11Loren Connors & Suzanne Langille – Dream Ballad
12Kim Gordon & Bill Nace – Strong & Foolish Heart
13Andrew Burnes – A Sadness In Me
14Daniel Carter, Loren Connors, Suzanne Langille – I Wish I Didn't Dream
15Dean Roberts, Boris Hauf & Andrea Belfi – Turn Away
16Alan Licht & Angela Jaeger – Still Bound
17Laura Ortman – Grip My Hand
18David Grubbs – Child
19Sarah Davachi & Sean McCann – Return To The Waterfall
20Daniel Carter, Loren Connors, Suzanne Langille – It Will Only Continue
21David Daniell – End Of My Days
22Byron Coley & Loren Connors – Nothing At All
23Adam Casey & The Liminal Choir With Katherine Walsh – Day Is Slipping

Thirty-two artists honor the extraordinary legacy of Suzanne Langille through interpretations of her vast songbook. Langille is best known as an acclaimed avant garde singer-songwriter and collaborator of guitarist Loren Connors. They ventured into electrified blues and abstracted artsongs across more than a dozen albums since the mid-1980s.

Langille’s songs, with Connors, solo, or other collaborators, are marked by distinct and captivating depth. Her evocative lyrics, layered with themes of loss, longing, and the natural world, defy conventional boundaries, blending poetry with potent melodies. Her work embraces the uncertainty of life and the delicate spaces between joy and sorrow.

Langille’s first published composition — “Grip My Hand” — kicked off Connors’ 1990 album Rooms. As her songs began to dot more of Connors’ albums, she led the spontaneous blown-out rock band Haunted House and collaborated with the trio San Agustin. Later, she released two albums with daf-player Neel Murgai.

“Suzanne’s songwriting defies easy classification. She bypasses essay-style lyrics and unsubtle emotion. Instead, she dives into the tenuous spaces between life, the unknown, and the shades of uncertainty lingering in between,” Family Vineyard's Eric Weddle writes in the album liner notes. “That’s the magic of Suzanne’s songs. A melody rises and pulls you in, like the relentless undertow of the Long Island Sound.”

The Suzanne Langille Songbook features a diverse array of artists who reinterpret her music, showcasing its timeless and transformative power.