Nightflying: The Entertainment Guide

Contemporary folk favorite returns to Walton Arts Center

Walton Arts Center is proud to welcome back singer-songwriter Susan Werner to Northwest Arkansas. After her staggering performance with Keb' Mo' in February 2010, Werner returns to Walton Arts Center for two intimate solo performances in the Starr Theater on Thursday, Sep. 16 at 7pm and 9pm as part of the Starrlight Music Club Series. Werner will perform many hits from her recent album, “Classics.” Tickets range from $16 to $30 and can be purchased by calling the Walton Arts Center Box Office at 479.443.5600 or by visiting waltonartscenter.org.

For information about the Starrlight Music Happy Hour at the Wine Cellar before the show, visit Susan Werner Show page

Susan Werner composes skillful songs that effortlessly slide between folk, jazz, and pop, all delivered with sassy wit and classic Midwestern charm. Over the course of her colorful career, Werner has cultivated a reputation as a daring and innovative songwriter with a killer live show. She boldly weaves the old with the new to create new genres of music when existing ones do not suit her muse. She regularly keeps audiences guessing and laughing. Most of her work infuses traditional music styles and methods with her unmistakable contemporary worldview, constantly challenging listeners to experience music from a fresh and unexpected perspective.

With her latest release, “Classics,” Werner delivers entirely new string arrangements of mainstream popular songs by top songwriters from a "classical" pop era – the ‘60s and ‘70s. Drawing on her unique training as a classical vocalist, and the diverse talents of esteemed Boston Symphony and Pops players, “Classics” sets a mood that highlights elegance and sophistication previously overlooked in the first lives of songs like Paul Simon's “A Hazy Shade of Winter,” Marvin Gaye's “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),” Paul McCartney's “Maybe I'm Amazed” and America's “Lonely People.”

Susan Werner is part of the Tyson Food Starrlight Music Series with show support from Popcorn Indiana® and season support from Wal-Mart/Sam's Club. For more information on Susan Werner or other performances, contact the Walton Arts Center Box Office by calling 479.443.5600 or by visiting waltonartscenter.org.

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