I'm a singing guitarist, performing a wide variety of crowd favorites from many eras of music. I have a musical style that is a little bit folk, a little bit gospel, stirred together with rock-n-roll and poured out in soulful vocals that will leave you feeling every word. I would love to make your event a success by providing memorable music.
I could listen for hours! Susanna's guitar playing and voice were exemptional. I love her style and wide musical repertoire. You can sense she really loves the music which makes for a captivating performance.
Price Range: $250 and up
Languages: English
I provide, set up and take down all my own audio equipment. I arrive early to ensure that I have time to set up in the correct place and do a sound check. I prepare more than enough music for the allotted time so that I am able to tailor my song selections for what the crowd is responding to. Most importantly, I sing and play with passion and enthusiasm. I'm excited to be there and I want everyone else to be excited about being there too!
Susanna Laird is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist from Frederick Maryland. In addition to a wide range of covers, she performs an extensive collection of her own works. Passionate about writing songs that are poetic, intimate and authentic, she has a musical style that is a little bit folk, a little bit gospel, stirred together with rock-n-roll and poured out in soulful vocals that will leave you feeling every word.
Susanna has performed at the Takoma Park Folk Festival, The Ladybug Festival, Braver Angels National Convention and at a wide variety of events in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware. She plays songs that appeal to a variety of ages and backgrounds. From traditional Irish music to 60’s soul to recent hits, there’s something in her set list for everyone. Some audience participation favorites are “Lean on Me”, “Country Roads", and “Midnight Train to Georgia”.
Her original songs are deeply personal, drawing on her own experiences such as being a cancer survivor, marrying her high school sweetheart and all the love and loss that comes with a well-lived life. She has released recordings of 3 of her songs and is working on recording and all of her original songs.
I require a power outlet close to the performance area so that I can plug in my sound system, unless you want me to perform totally acoustic, in which case I will be unplugged.
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| October 24, 2024 • All-day event | Saints Row Brewing |
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| September 26, 2024 • All-day event | Saints Row Brewing |
| September 13, 2024 • All-day event | Maggie's Restaurant |
| September 08, 2024 • All-day event | Loew Vineyards |
| August 03, 2024 • All-day event | Battlefield brewworks |
| July 25, 2024 • All-day event | Private event |
| July 19, 2024 • All-day event | The Comus Inn |
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| June 23, 2024 • All-day event | Celebration Cellars |
| June 22, 2024 • All-day event | Celebration Cellars |
| June 15, 2024 • All-day event | Ploughmans taproom |
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| May 31, 2024 • All-day event | The Comus Inn |
| May 30, 2024 • All-day event | Private event |
| May 25, 2024 • All-day event | Loew's Vineyard |
| May 23, 2024 • All-day event | Ploughman Cider Taproom |
| May 18, 2024 • All-day event | Celebration Cellars |
| May 17, 2024 • All-day event | Celebration cellars |
| May 08, 2024 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Nonprofit Event |
| May 04, 2024 • All-day event | Middletown library |
| May 01, 2024 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Nonprofit Event |
| May 01, 2024 • All-day event | Private Event |
| April 25, 2024 • All-day event | Vintage, New Market MD |
| April 11, 2024 • All-day event | GMU Mason Square |
| April 10, 2024 • All-day event | Private event |
| March 28, 2024 • All-day event | Vintage, New Market MD |
| March 03, 2024 • All-day event | Flying Ace Farm |
| February 17, 2024 • All-day event | Milkhouse Brewery |
| February 04, 2024 • All-day event | Braver Angels Songwriting Session and Concert |
Songs by Era
Before 1960
Autumn Leaves Kosma/Mercer
Guantanamera Marti/Fernandez
I Can't Help It Hank Williams
La Vie en Rose Edith Piaf
Let Me Ride Staples Singers
Mighty Tight Woman Sippie Wallace
Over the Rainbow Arlen/Harburg/ Judy Garland
Summertime Hayward/Gershwin
Walkin After Midnight Patsy Cline
Goin Across the Mountain Folk
I'll Fly Away folk
Will The Circle Be Unbroken folk
Sloop John B Traditional
You are my Sunshine Traditional
Tenessee Waltz Traditional
Irene goodnight Traditional
Amazing Grace traditional
60's and 70's
American Tune Paul Simon
Angel From Montgomery John Prine
Baby I Love You Ronnie Shannon/ Aretha Franklin
Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell
Bring it on Home to Me Sam Cooke
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Come Monday Jimmy Buffet
Country Roads Danoff/Nivert/Denver
Crazy Willie Nelson/ Patsy Cline
Don't Think Twice Bob Dylan
Down on the Corner CCR
Drift Away Dobie Gray
Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot
Feeling Good Newley/Bricusse/ Nina Simone
Gracias a la Vida Violetta Para
Hey Jude Beatles
I Fall to Pieces Patsy Cline
I Shall Be Released Bob Dylan
Kathy's Song Paul Simon
Landslide Stevie Nicks
Lean on Me Bill Withers
Les Champs Elysees Joe Dassin
Let it Be Beatles
Let Me Down Easy Bettye Lavette
Letter to Eve Pete Seeger
Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
Margaritaville Jimmy Buffet
Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
Me and Julio Paul Simon
Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight
Paradise John Prine
People Get Ready Curtis Mayfield
Rainbow Connection Williams/Ascher
Ripple Grateful Dead
Rocky Mountain High Denver/Taylor
Songbird Christine McVie
Stand By Me Ben E. King
Stuck in the Middle Stealers Wheel
The Weight The Band
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye John Loudermilk/ Betty Swan
Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson
Turn Me On John Loudermilk/ Nina Simone/ Norah Jones
Vincent Don McLean
80's and 90's
9 to 5 Dolly Parton
All I Want Is You U2
Asking Us to Dance Kathy Mattea
Brian Wilson Barenaked Ladies
Calling Out Your Name Rich Mullins
Clay Pigeons Blaze Foley
Closer to Fine Indigo Girls
Down in Mary's Land Mary Chapin Carpenter
Everywhere Christine McVie
Fields of Gold Sting
Find the River R.E.M.
Forgiveness Patty Griffin
Free Fallin Tom Petty
Free to Decide Cranberries
Galileo Indigo Girls
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
I Don't Wanna Know Indigo Girls
If I Stand Rich Mullins
If These Walls Could Speak Jimmy Webb
In the Summertime Bob Dylan
In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel
Kiss Me Sixpence none the richer
Least Complicated Indigo Girls
Let the Mystery Be Iris DeMent
Livin on Love Alan Jackson
Love's Recovery Indigo Girls
Moses Patty Griffin
Not As Strong As We Think We Are Rich Mullins
Reunion Indigo Girls
Seconds U2
She Green Day
Stockton Gala Days 10,000 Maniacs
Storm Windows John Prine
Sweet Lorraine Patty Griffin
These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs
Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
True Colors Cyndi Lauper
Walkin in Memphis Marc Cohn
Wishlist Pearl Jam
*** Bruce Cockburn
You Learn Alanis Morisette
2000 - present
Cannonball Damien Rice
Come On Home Indigo Girls
Extreme Ways Moby
Fallen Sarah McLachlan
Forever Now This is Us
Funk My Life Up Paolo Nutini
Heavenly Day Patty Griffin
incomplete Alanis Morisette
Killing the Blues Rowald Salley
Last of My Kind Jason Isbell
Morning Elvis Florence a.t.m.
No Roots Alice Merton
Put Your Records On Corrine Bailey Rae
Roar Katy Perry
Spaceman Belly
Tenessee Whiskey Chris Stapelton
The Book of Love Stephen Merritt/ Peter Gabriel
The Maker Daniel Lanois
Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran
Up To the Mountain Patty Griffin
Valerie Zutons/Winehouse
Wake Me Up Avicii/Blacc
Yellow Coldplay
You and Me Sarah Watkins
Holiday
Autumn Leaves
Away in a Manger
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Everyone's a Kid at Christm.. Stevie Wonder
Hanukkah oh Hanukkah!
Happy Christmas(war is over) John Lennon
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
I'll be Home for Christmas
In the Bleak Midwinter
Jingle Bell Rock
Let it Snow
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Run Run Rudolph
Silent Night
Song for a Winters Night Gordon Lightfoot
Someday at Christmas Stevie Wonder
Thanksgiving Prayer Johnny Cash
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays
Winter Wonderland
Irish
All I Want is You U2
Casey Egan/Christy Moore
Cliffs of Dooneen Jack McAuliffe
Dreams Cranberries
Forty U2
Free to Decide Cranberries
If I should Fall From Grace with God The Pogues
I'll Tell Me Ma traditional
Johnny Jump Up
Moonshiner traditional
Seconds U2
Smoke and Strong Whiskey Christy Moore
The Leaving of Liverpool traditional
The Old Dun Cow traditional
Whiskey in the Jar traditional
Wild Rover traditional
Scottish
A Man's a Man Robert Burns
Caledonia Dougie Maclean
Ready for the Storm Dougie Maclean
The Parting Glass traditional
Charlie is my Darlin traditional
Original Songs by Susanna Laird
All Fall Down
Finally Talk to You
Fragile Skin
Home
Hope You Don't Mind
I Need to Go
Just Keep Singing
Nothing Left
Numb
Psalm 23
The Cost
The Creek
The World Stopped Spinning
Tuesday Morning
Waiting for Me
Way too Late
We're all...
When He Cries
When the Healing Came
Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Indigo Girls, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tracy Chapman, Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Patti Griffin, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Rich Mullins,
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