Susan Reed - Susan Reed Sings Old Airs album flac

Susan Catherine Reed (January 11, 1926 – April 25, 2010) was an American singer, harpist, zitherist and actress. A regular on the New York folk scene, Life magazine dubbed her "the pet of Manhattan nightclubbers" in 1945. She was born in Columbia, South Carolina, the daughter of Isadora Bennett and Daniel Reed, respectively a theater publicist and actor.

Susan Reed, who has died aged 84, was a singer in New York in the early days of the American folk scene, achieving national success more than a decade before the folk-music craze brought singers such as Peter, Paul and Mary and Joan Baez into the pop charts. By that time, Reed was suffering from the effect of blacklisting under McCarthyism, and her career never recovered. She thus became one of the forgotten folk singers of the early revival. Her first recordings were 78rpm discs for RCA Victor. Her albums included Susan Reed Sings Old Airs from Ireland, Scotland and England (1954, rereleased on CD in 2006) and Susan Reed (1956, also rereleased in 2006). In 1948, Reed starred with Gene Krupa in the film Glamour Girl, produced by Sam Katzman. She played a folk-singing country girl who is discovered and brought to sing in New York nightclubs.

1. Sings Old Airs from Ireland Scotland & England (2006).

Released: August 29, 2006. 1. At the Foot of Yonder's Mountain. 2. The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow.