标题：Oh Susanna
Oh Susanna简介
英文简介
Short stories deliver brief but indelible journeys. A single mouthful of sublime textures, or a window cracked -- fresh and sparkling images peeking through. Short Stories is also the title of Oh Susanna latest release, an intimate series of portraits and journeys that echo the haunting sound of her debut EP.
Short Stories is a dramatic and compelling collection of songs inspired by both the lives of people in Oh Susanna family and by those recorded in 20th Century American writing. It shares personal fables of heroes and antiheroes as if through the lens of a documentary film.
Short Stories will seduce new listeners and reward the returning. For those who have traveled with her from one album touchstone to the next, there is both continuity and surprise. Literary and cinematic as much as musical, Short Stories has a natural beauty that both entertains and gives the listener room to roam.
Over the last 10 years, Oh Susanna has garnered critical acclaim and loyal audiences around the world with Oh Susanna (2003), Sleepy Little Sailor (2001), Johnstown (1999), and EP (1997). She grew up a Canadian with an American passport, staring at the ocean, mountains and railroad tracks through sheets of rain. She sought refuge with song under burnt-out warehouses and in darkened clubs with the promise of guitar twang and a lonesome cry. Along the way she found inspiration in the music of the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, as well as peers Jim Bryson, Sarah Harmer, Neko Case, Ron Sexsmith, Fred Eaglesmith, Eliza Gilkyson, Patti Griffin, and Iris Dement. Short Stories reunites Suzie with long time band-mates Bazil Donovan (Blue Rodeo) on bass, Cam Giroux (Weeping Tile, By Divine Right) on drums, Bob Packwood (Blue Rodeo) on piano as well as the explosive talents of Luke Doucet, Justin Rutledge and Burke Carroll.
An obvious stand out track is the epic ? You can almost see the credits roll up the screen as this track begs for inclusion on a soundtrack. Suzie抯 story about making a new start after a period of darkness is layered over a touching string arrangement by Kevin Fox.
Upon the release of Short Stories, Oh Susanna will be embarking on a cross-Canada promo tour so that she can tell you more about the album in person. She will also perform an intimate show in each of the cities that she will be visiting. More details to follow. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy Short Stories.
代表作Forever at your feet评价Oh Susanna的Forever at your feet（永远追随），在网络上完全是集诗情画意的的完美评价于一身，例举一二：1. 偶然有一天听到Oh Susanna在《Sleepy Little Sailor》专辑中的《Forever at your feet》。超喜欢那种乾净的音乐&忧郁雨声：雨还没有来，雾总是先行的，看得见，摸不着，但是感觉得到，触肌似有微凉。走在山路，听到风掌拍打树叶的哗哗声，牛铃的叮当声，迎向前去，就与山雨碰头了。怕山雨的纠缠，躲进叶茂荫浓，却拦不住雨水顺着叶面，一匹滴下一匹的来叩击听觉；冷眼看树外的空间，雨势时骤时疏，雨雾时浓时淡，一幅朦胧透出的水墨韵味，使人无由地多了几分感受。 雨声，蕴含一种淡淡忧愁的诗意；听雨，则是觉察……人生的苦闷遂纷至沓来，心灵饱受淋漓之苦。此种雨声带来的感受虽不得意，但隐隐然自有一种淡而高远的孤清……2. 听着这首歌就想起余光中的《听听那冷雨》，前尘隔海，古屋不再。听听那冷雨……清晰的雷雨声，娓娓细诉的如诗声线，已无法分清雷雨声来自窗外还是曲中，很多事情已没必要分清，我们需要做的，只是让曼妙声音荡涤着我们的心灵。 3. 整个音乐的背景是下雨的声音，加强了因痴情而伤感的氛围，包括歌者淡淡的而饱含感情的唱腔。这种配合天衣无缝。4. 雨声、雷声、钢琴声，缓缓的提琴声，加上低吟的女声、潺潺的流水声，这样的音乐让我陷进一种情绪里不能自拔……[评论来自网络]Oh susanna（哦，苏珊娜）——本身是一首很有名的英文老歌，或者用经典来形容更恰当，歌手的名字或许正来源于此，从她演唱的“Forever at your feet”这首歌来看，她确乎没有辜负这首经典老歌的美名。　
歌词
英文
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee 　
I"m going to Louisiana, my true love for to see 　
It rained all night the day I left 　
The weather it was dry 　
The sun so hot, I froze to death 　
Susanna don't you cry 　
Oh, Susanna, 　
Oh don"t you cry for me 　
For I"m going to Louisiana 　
With my banjo on my knee 　
I had a dream the other night when everything was still 　
I thought I saw Susanna a-coming down the hill 　
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth 　
The tear was in her eye 　
Says I, I"m coming from the south 　
Susanna, don"t you cry 　
Oh, Susanna, 　
Oh don"t you cry for me 　
For I"m going to Louisiana 　
With my banjo on my knee
中文
我来自阿拉巴马，带上心爱的五弦琴； 　
要赶到路易斯安那，为了寻找我爱人。 　
晚上起程大雨下不停，但是天气真干燥， 　
烈日当空，我心却冰冷，苏珊娜，别哭泣。 　
哦，苏珊娜，你别为我哭泣。 　
我来自阿拉巴马，带上心爱的五弦琴。 　
昨晚上夜深人已静，我沉睡入梦境， 　
在梦中见苏珊娜漫步下山来相迎。 　
她嘴里吃着荞麦饼，但两眼泪晶莹， 　
我离开故乡来找你，苏珊娜，别哭泣。 　
哦，苏珊娜，你别为我哭泣， 　
我来自阿拉巴马，带上心爱的五弦琴。 　
我马上要去新奥尔良到四处去寻访， 　
当我找到苏珊娜，我愿跪倒在她身旁。 　
倘若不幸我要失望只有把命丧， 　
黄土长埋我也心甘愿，苏珊娜，别哭泣。 　
哦，苏珊娜，你别为我哭泣， 　
我来自阿拉巴马，带上心爱的五弦琴。
Oh, Susanna-Roy Rogers
我自阿州 班卓在膝 I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
我往路州 真爱在希 I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see
是雨彻夜 临行而异 It rained all night the day I left The weather it was dry
是日何炎 心冷犹死 The sun so hot, I froze to death
苏珊娜 汝莫哭泣 Susanna, don't be cry.
哦苏珊娜 为我泣乎 Oh Susanna,don't you cry for me
我自阿州 班卓在膝 I come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee
寂静之夜 发梦如斯 I had a dream the other night when everything was still
梦我见汝 下小山矣 I thought I saw Susanna a-coming down the hill
口中荞饼 眼中泪积 The buckwheat cake was in her mouth The tear was in her eye
我语如是 自南来矣 Says I, I'm coming from the south
苏珊娜 是否在泣 Susanna, don't you cry
哦苏珊娜 为我泣乎 Oh Susanna,Oh don't you cry for me
因往路州 班卓在膝 For I'm going to Louisiana With my banjo on my knee
哦苏珊娜 为我泣乎 Oh, Susanna,Oh don't you cry for me
因往路州 班卓在膝 For I'm going to Louisiana With my banjo on my knee
我自阿州 班卓在膝 
我往路州 真爱在希
是雨彻夜 临行而异
是日何炎 心冷犹死 
苏珊娜 汝莫哭泣
哦苏珊娜 为我泣乎 
我自阿州 班卓在膝
寂静之夜 发梦如斯
梦我见汝 下小山矣 
口中荞饼 眼中泪积 
我语如是 自南来矣 苏珊娜 是否在泣 
哦苏珊娜 为我泣乎 
因往路州 班卓在膝
哦苏珊娜 为我泣乎
因往路州 班卓在膝
专辑一览
《Sleepy Little Sailor》—— 2001年发行
1 Sleepy Little Sailor
2 River Blue
3 I've Got Dreams to Remember
4 Kings Road
5 All That Remains
6 Beauty Boy
7 Sacrifice
8 Forever At Your Feet
9 Ted's So Wasted
10 St. Patrick's Day
11 Ride On《Short Stories 2007》1.Pretty Face
2.Beauty Queen
3.Bullies
4.Three Shots
5.Greyhound Bus
6.Miss Liberty
7.Schoolyard
8.Pretty Penny
9.Holy Roller
10.Billy 4
11.Filled with Gold