Review
The Vancouver Sun, January 12, 1995
by Katherine Monk
Sometimes, we neglect to see (or hear) what’s right under our noses. Case in point: B.C. resident Susan Crowe who released her first full-length CD, This Far From Home, last fall.
Cut from the cloth of great singer-songwriters, Crowe’s songs and vocal quality easily bear comparison to a Mary Chapin Carpenter or Shawn Colvin. Faithless, the strongest song - or at least the one with the widest appeal - has a chorus that will sit happily in your head for a long time if you care to let it linger.
The songs all stand easily on their own. But the real gravy on this release is the fairy tale instrumental weaves that create magic on this low-production budget CD. The guitars of Andreas Schuld, pedal of steel of John Lacey, the masterful mandolin of maestro John Reischman and the violin of buddy Lowry Olafson, just to name a few, make this catch a keeper.
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