Sue Horowitz and Doug Mishkin
It will be a two-fer this month. Tina Ross is hosting two seasoned and dynamic songwriters, Sue Horowitz and Doug Mishkin. They are celebrated, award-winning and amazing humans. I’m looking forward to this one!
Inside the Song is a peek into the artist and songwriter’s mind during the act of creation. It’s an opportunity for fans/music lovers and songwriters to glean a deeper understanding of the back stories, the judgements, the skill set, and the guidelines that influenced the artists we admire in making the songs we love. Tina Ross, host of the series, who is a singer-songwriter herself, will guide us all through an hour of music.
You will get to ask your questions in the comment section during the show.
Inside the Song is usually the second Thursday of every month.
With a voice as warm as honey whiskey, and a vibe as confident as a tree with deep roots, Sue Horowitz writes songs about everyday struggles and joys and makes them meaningful and resonant. Her stories in song are poignant, heart-felt, hilarious, rousing, timely and timeless. In addition to her solo career, Sue has joined forces with the rising Ithaca-based band Autumn Sun.
With one foot planted firmly in the spiritual Jewish music world, and the other in the singer-songwriter world, Sue has 15 years of national touring experience, from large festivals to congregations to intimate house concerts. This Ithaca, NY and York Beach, ME artist has 5 albums of original music, and her latest album, “Strings, Wings and Curious Things”, topped the Folk Radio Charts. Sue‘s sound is a blend of Americana and Folk, while also drawing influences from blues and classic rock, making each song unique.
Songwriting: 1st Place Maine Songwriters Association Song Writing Contest, Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (w/Jillian Matundan) (“Fall in New England”)- Finalist and Honorable mention, POSI Awards Finalist (w/Kyra Goldman) (“Won’t Always Be This Way”), Commissioned Song, Women Cantor‘s Network 2021 (“Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof, Justice You Shall Pursue”), Music for Humanity Honorable Mention-“Big Town/Small Town”, NSAI Chapter Challenge Winner-“Reunion” Publications: Ruach, CCAR Haggadah, CCAR Haggadah Supplement (w/Alden Solovy), Complete Jewish Songbook for Children, Jewish Songs of Protest and Hope, Kol Isha Songbook
Leadership: Sue Horowitz is the founder and facilitator of the Jewish Songwriting Cooperative Retreat, which runs both on-line and in-person every year since 2018. She has served on the faculty of Shabbat Shira songwriting retreat as well.
Sue and Sloan Wainwright are the founders of “Chansons au Chateau/Songs at the Chateau” a songwriting retreat in the Loire Valley in France.
Those of us who were experiencing a Sue Horowitz concert for the first time were captivated, pulled in and held by her gift for setting human stories to music. We all were left wanting more.”-Nancy Hershatter and Gerry Hinson, for Music at the Ridge
Doug Mishkin is a singer-songwriter best known for “Woody’s Children,” his song celebrating the legacy of Woody Guthrie. Doug says he was “born the night my mother took me to my first Pete Seeger concert” and then “came of age at the campfire where I first heard the songs of Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs and the rest of that crew. Those songs spoke to me—and they still do.”
Doug’s music flows from that tradition–from his earliest songs about civil and human rights (“Make Those Waters Part” and “Anatoly”) to later songs celebrating freedom (“Prague Swing”) and decrying food insecurity (“Sing For Your Supper”), and finally to recent songs like “If They’d Been Black,” “Tip of the Spear,” “Reading Names (George Floyd)” and “Save Your Prayers.”
“Doug Mishkin gets what folk music I all about and he passes it along with energy and humor. He is a splendid and engaging performer. You will love him.” – Tom Paxton
Click on Doug Mishkin Video Link: We are Gonna Say it Now