Susan Hedges

Sue is an award winning, blind singer songwriter from Neston nr Liverpool, England, who plays keyboards, guitar, piano and mandolin. Among Sue’s awards are; • Merseyside BT Woman of the Year Award. ‘Best Newcomer’ and placed 3rd in main category. • BBC Radio Merseyside Best Vocalist Award • Dada Fest’s ‘Young Performer’ from North West Arts Forum. • Sue was voted ‘The Act Most Likely to Succeed’ at The International Pop Overthrow Festival Liverpool and ‘The act most people wanted to see there again next year.’ Her song ‘River City Girl’ came 4th in the survey and 3 of her other songs featured in the Top 20. • Voted most popular artist/ Act at International Pop Overthrow Festival two years running • ‘Spirit of Hope Award’ from Hope University. • UK Songwriting Competition Finalist • MBF Songwriting Finalist. • Linda McCartney Songwriting Competition Finalist Quotes ‘A major talent on the threshold of recognition.’ The Independent. (Taken from a 3 page article on Susan) ‘When Susan Hedges performs, she hypnotises people’ Alan Bleasdale. ‘An album full of elegant and original songs’ The Times. Projects 1. Soundtrack to documentary shown on BBC 2. Wales. Title of the film ‘I Ain’t Looking for Your Sympathy’ is a line from her autobiographical song ‘The Fighting Kind’ 2. Vocals on adverts include, Carpet World, Diamond Car Insurance, Esure, Blue Inc and Delta Airlines which was broadcast internationally on satellite TV and on radio. 3. Sue’s 3rd solo album ‘Faces Without Names’ was launched at the IPO Festival in Greenwich Village New York and received great critical acclaim from national press, e.g. Rock & Reel TV and Radio Appearances; Include Radio 4’s ‘Woman’s Hour’ BBC Breakfast TV, Granada TV, and frequent appearances and airplays on Radio Merseyside and Radio City. Featured at Liverpool Capital of Culture closing ceremony accompanied by the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vassily Petrenko. Sue recently appeared in the Musical 'Moggies' as Moggie Mae West and also played keyboards in the production which received rave reviews. Festival appearances with her band ‘The Other Kind’ include:- Main stage at the Mathew St Festival, Liverpool Headlining at the Liberty Festival in Trafalgar Sq London, The Truck Festival, Oxford, ‘In the City’ Manchester. Some of Sue’s Solo festival performances include: ‘Summer Nights Festival’ Edinburgh, ‘Americana’ Newark Showground, Liberty Festival, Festival Hall at the Southbank, London ‘Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival’ Devon Liberty Festival Trafalgar Sq London IPO Festival Liverpool (Frequently) various venues including the Cavern IPO Festival New York Knitting Factory. Los Angeles Spaceland. Los Angeles IPO Vancouver (Frequently) Sheffield Pride Red Line Tap. Chicago The Abbey. Chicago Tickle The Ivories’ Piano Festival Liverpool Some Acts Sue Has Opened for: Billy Bragg, The Christians, Magic Numbers, Ian MacNabb, Emmy Lou Harris, Little Feat, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffiths, Chip Taylor, Paul Young, Joe Brown, Albert Lee, Suzi Quatro and many more…. Sue has also worked many times with the renowned guitarist, James Burton (Elvis’s lead guitarist) singing and playing in his band and has been on tour with him and with Albert Lee.. Sue is a patron of 2 charities - ‘The Jellybean Appeal’ for sick children at Arrowe Park hospital. Wirral, and ‘Attitude is Everything’ a national charity based in London to promote access for disabled people to music venues and festivals. Sue is an active supporter of Sahir House a local aids charity and ‘KIND’ a local children’s charity. She also works closely with ‘AimHigher’ and SKILLS encouraging young people into higher education. Email - susan.hedges1@gmail.com

Neston, ENG