Susan Reed

Folk Music Singer and Actress Susan Reed Dubbed 'America's Concert Favorite'

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2010

Folk music thrush and actress Susan Reed died April 25 of natural causes in Greenport, N.Y. She was 84.

Reed was introduced to folk music by members of Ireland's Abbey Players, who would spend time with her family during visits to the United States. She went on to star at Cafe Society in Gotham for two years and was a regular at Carnegie Hall, Town Hall and Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theater. Life magazine saluted Reed in a 1955 cover ...
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