Susan Elliott

Susan Elliott: This Strange Season

by C. Michael Bailey
February 8, 2020

There are artists like Louise Van Aarsen who, with her 2012 Destiny (Self Produced), champion “grownup music," that is, music with traditional adult themes presented in a mainstream fashion. Add Susan Elliott to this group with her This Strange Season. Elliott is a member of the Houston Jazz Mafia, in spite of her decidedly non-jazz recording. Her music making is a mixture of American balladry seasoned generously with the resolving consonance of a wholesome and almost pastoral vision.