This is a hard story to put into words since it’s not mine to tell, but Susan Cowsill has a way of giving you a window into the heart of
Los Angeles Times: Ann Powers picks 25 songs..
Susan Cowsill, “River of Love,” from "Lighthouse": This ragingly heartbroken version of a song by her brother Barry, who died in Hurricane Katrina, anchors Cowsill’s fierce tribute to the family’s adopted hometown. Deeper cuts: Ann Powers picks 25 songs ...
The Blurt Top 50
2010 IN REVIEW: The Blurt Top 50 50. Susan Cowsill - Lighthouse (Threadhead) WE SAID: The songs on Lighthouse are guided by two themes - loss and hope. Both have been a part of ...
Cincinatti City Beat
ROCK GETS BETTER AT 50 (AND OLDER TOP 10 of 2010) By Steven Rosen, CityBeat Lighthouse by Susan Cowsill (51) Too few people know ...
The Big Take-Over
11/10/10 (issue No. 67) The youngest Cowsills member's second solo album is full of loss: her adopted home-town of New Orleans' destruction by Hurricane Katrina and the deaths of friends and family (brothers Barry and Billy). Her vocal huskiness accents the poignancy of the lyrics; I defy anyone to listen to "Could This Be Home" without ...
Austin Chronicle
Cowsill works hard polishing her latest, the critically lauded Lighthouse. As full of loss and sentiment as it is joyful and persevering, Lighthouse beckons listeners to Cowsill’s homey cove. – Margaret Moser http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/MusicListings?StartTime=2010-11-17%2004:00:00
Country Music People Magazine (UK)
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has moved many songwriters to write about the devastation, but few can match Susan Cowsill for genuine loss. When the hurricane hit her adopted home town of New Orleans in 2005, Cowsil's brother Barry was on e of the victims. The former child star from the family band ...
Providence Journal
Hit It: Susan Cowsill channels emotions of loss into her work 01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, October 21, 2010 By Rick massimo journal pop music writer
District Noise (DC) Interview
Interview with Singer/Songwriter Susan Cowsill You might remember her as a member of '60s family band The Cowsills or The Continental Drifters. Now an accomplished solo artist, she'll play Jammin' Java next week. ...
Amcericana Gazette Top Albums & Songs of 2010
Top 15 CDs ... 9. The Beauties, The Beauties 10. Truth & Salvage Co., Truth & Salvage Company 11. Marley’s Ghost, Ghost Town 12. Susan Cowsill, Lighthouse 13. WPA, Works Progress Administration Top 15 CD’s ...
Wood and Steel Summer Issue
The Wood&Steel Interview: SUSAN COWSILL In the late ’60s, she was the little sister in the family act the Cowsills. Five years ago, she lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. These days, Susan Cowsill embraces the healing catharsis of music and the resilient spirit of New Orleans. By Dan Forte My Lord he’s done just what he said; Let your light from the lighthouse shine on me. Heal ...
OffBeat Magazine’s “The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Susan Cowsill
01 October 2010 — by Elsa Hahne “My mom and dad both came from Cranston, Rhode Island, outside of Providence. Lots of Italian, Portuguese and Irish Catholic, which is what we are. The meat loafs and the stews and the roasts, that’s all Irish. Anything you ...
Facebook Interview
(Transcript) Facebook Interview #24: Singer-Songwriter SUSAN COWSILL (September 26, 2010) by Roch Parisien's Rocon Communications on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 4:52pm Roch Parisien's Rocon Communications First of all Susan, my apologies...it turns out we inadvertently scheduled this interview during a Naw'lins Saints football game, which is against all local ordinances and common ...
Rolling Stone
By David Fricke 2010 05 18
Eat Sleep Drink Music
Susan Cowsill: Lighthouse Posted by Scott Malchus (07/23/2010 @ 10:00 am) RIYL: Eva Cassidy, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin, The Cowsills Susan Cowsill’s second solo effort, Lighthouse, is a deceptive album. On the surface, it’s a collection of heartfelt, ...
Folk Wax (Part Two)
Susan Cowsill Dragonfly Resurrection Part Two By Kyle Palarino Susan Cowsill (photo courtesy of Dennis Gardner) When I had the chance to meet with Susan Cowsill I couldn't say ...
Rolling Stone (Germany)
Lighthouse Wonderful Complex Americana Music From A Great Singer Susan Cowsill was a little bit the good soul of the Continental Drifters. Her standing in the corner, in her own world, longing, enthusing, reaching for the stars - that often provided the Americana-supergroup with something transcendental. Doesn't Cowsill somehow seem to come from ...
Pop Matters
Susan Cowsill: Lighthouse By Steve Horowitz 2 August 2010 Susan Cowsill sings in a raspy voice that sounds weathered by experience, but with a ...
illinois entertainer
Chicagoland’s Music Monthly July 2010 Susan Cowsill Lighthouse (Threadhead) by Gregg Shapiro Years before the Disney prefab Jonas Brothers proved that families who played (music) together stayed together, New England brood The Cowsills (said to be the inspiration for another prefab musical group, The Partridge Family) released a series of hit singles and admirable LPs. Sister Susan, one of two ...
Uncommon Music
10 Questions: Susan Cowsill 07.07.2010 by Nichole Wagner 1 Comment » As a member of the family band, The Cowsills, Susan Cowsill could have ended her musical career at 12-years-old with a place in the pop-culture ...
The Reading Eagle
Musician Susan Cowsill wants a cap on Katrina experience By David Bauder The Associated Press [+] Enlarge. The Associated Press Musician Susan Cowsill NEW YORK - One evening near the beginning of a four-month mystery journey that began after Hurricane Katrina swallowed their ...
Folk Wax
http://www.visnat.com/entertainment/music/folkwax/backissues/folkwax_483.cfm? Susan Cowsill By Kyle Palarino Susan Cowsill Photo courtesy of susancowsill.com When I had the chance to meet with Susan Cowsill I couldn’t say no. ...
The Ledger
NEW RELEASES 'Lighthouse' - Susan Cowsill Published: Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 12:01 a.m. If the name sounds familiar, yes, the New Orleans-based singer and songwriter was ...
Standard-Examiner
‘Lighthouse’ Cowsill’s high note after Katrina Story by Linda East Brady (Standard-Examiner) Cowsill, who has for many years based out of New Orleans, has long since grown up and found her niche as an in-demand vocal talent, working ...
The Bluegrass Special
TheBluegrassSpecial.com Interview Susan Cowsill Comes A Reckoning On Lighthouse, finding the balance of life, embracing the strength of love By David McGee The post-Katrina Susan Cowsill: ...
Susan Cowsill returns to form after Katrina with Lighthouse
By Roy Kasten Wednesday, Jun 30 2010 Though only 51, Susan Cowsill's musical life spans four decades — from her childhood with the family band, the Cowsills, to her solo career and backup work in the '70s and '80s, ...
Huffington Post (Interview)
'60s Pop Princess Susan Cowsill Talks New CD, Her 44-Year Career - and Michael Jackson Susan Cowsill, the singer-songwriter whose new CD "Lighthouse" has just been released, is 51, the same age Michael Jackson would be had he not died a year ago last Friday. Both were child stars in ...
St. Louis Beacon
Susan Cowsill: Reborn again after Katrina, she brings her music to St. Louis By Terry Perkins, Special to the Beacon Posted 9:22 am Mon., 06.28.10 Vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Susan Cowsill wasn’t born in New Orleans, but she has made her home therefor the past 17 years. Over that time, Cowsill’s life and music have been profoundly affected ...
Blurt Online
05/21/2010 The songs on Lighthouse are guided by two themes - loss and hope. Both have been a part of music since the beginning, but Susan Cowsill (formerly of the family band the Cowsills) taps into some pretty weighty experiences for inspiration. Not only was she displaced by Hurricane Katrina, she lost her brother Barry in the ...
Huffington Post Review
Susan Cowsill Soars with CD Release Lighthouse It has been five years coming, but Susan Cowsill's second solo CD, Lighthouse (Threadhead), is a triumph over life's uncertainties in the wake of natural and personal disasters. The album's lyricism offers hope and inspiration that life indeed goes on if one carries fire in the soul, hope ...
Associated Press
Cowsill wants cap on Katrina experience By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press Writer – Thu Jun 10, 6:06 am ET NEW YORK – One evening near the beginning of a four-month mystery journey that began after
Living Life Boomer Style
Susan Cowsill's "Lighthouse" - A Beacon Of Hope For New Orleans On May 18, 2010, Susan Cowsill, the youngest member of the much-loved and iconic 60s family band The Cowsills, will be releasing her second solo album, Lighthouse. This follow-up to her 2005 debut album, Just Believe It, will be an extremely profound and ...
Country Chart
Album Review: Susan Cowsill "Lighthouse" Susan Cowsill has one of the most wonderfully unique female voices in music today. Thankfully, she decided to record a follow-up to her 2005 solo debut ("Just Believe It") with the new album "Lighthouse" on Threadhead Records. Of course, Susan Cowsill is best known for her work with The Cowsills. ...
3rd Coast Music
SUSAN COWSILL Lighthouse (Threadhead ****) More by accident than design, I spent a few years in the 70s working as a roadie, which had its ups and downs, but the high point was definitely getting to work on and off with Fairport Convention, whose permanent crew were good friends and roped me in when they needed an extra ...
Blurt Magazine
Susan Cowsill Lighthouse (Threadhead) www.threadheadrecords.org The songs on Lighthouse are guided by two themes - loss and hope. Both have been a part of music since the beginning, but Susan Cowsill (formerly of the family band the Cowsills) taps into some pretty weighty experiences for inspiration. Not only was she displaced by ...
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Susan Cowsill’s goal for her new “Lighthouse” CD is simple. She wants people to hear it.
Cowsill’s decades-long career stretches from her childhood with The Cowsills, the family band that notched several national hits in the late ’60s, to fondly remembered local roots rock collective the Continental Drifters.
But she has only one previous CD under her own name, “Just Believe It.” Due in part to unfortunate timing…
Press-Citizen.com
As a 7-year-old, Susan Cowsill became the youngest member of The Cowsills, a real-life family “sunshine-pop”band out of Newport, R.I. (scoring hits with “The Rain, The Park, And Other Things,” “We Can Fly,” “Indian Lake” and “Hair”) that would serve as the template for TV’s “The Partridge Family.”
Featuring terrific vocal harmonies, several strong songwriters and professional-grade musicianship, The Cowsills (Susan’s brothers Bill, Barry, Bob, Paul and John plus their mother Barbara) were genuinely talented.
Philadelphia Inquirer
"From Katrina to Super Bowl Champs, this is our story," Susan Cowsill writes in the liner notes of her second solo album. If the name sounds familiar, yes, the New Orleans-based singer and songwriter was ...
Blog Critics
Anyone who is even somewhat familiar with mid-to-late sixties pop music in The United States will instantly recognize the name Cowsill. The Cowsills were the original Partridge family or at least the basis for the series. They were approached by a television network about having their own show but turned the offer down when ...
Virginian Pilot
Susan Cowsill’s latest CD celebrates life and the slow rebuilding of her home, New Orleans, while eulogizing the deaths of brothers Billy and Barry, who passed away just months apart in 2005. And yes, she was that little moppet in The Cowsills, that real life Partridge Family of Beatles wannabes. She’s all grown up now, possessing ...
