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Voted # 3 in Folkworks' Top Ten Live Acoustic Bands in L.A. for 2008 ~

"Susie is justifiably endorsed by Appalachian music legend Jean Ritchie, and the band has a fine repertoire of beyond-bluegrass originals from its chief songwriter, Rob Carlson.  They can take you up in the hollars, or sound like a female-fronted Asleep at the Wheel." -- Larry Wines for Folkworks

KCSN writes: "Susie Glaze does something with a song that only great singers can do...she grabs hold of a song''s deepest emotion and purpose and wraps it tightly around your soul."

Folk music legend Jean Ritchie has called Susie Glaze "a fresh young voice - a communicator - to me the most important of qualities in a singer.."the wonderful thing to me is that when I hear your recording of any song of mine ("L&N" definitely included), I feel as though it is myself, singing...It cannot be sung better - differently, but never better."

...and Bluegrass Unlimited calls her "an important voice on the California Bluegrass scene."

Winner of the Just Plain Folks 2006 Music Award for Best Roots Album, and Folkworks Magazine''s Pick for Best Bluegrass Album of 2005 for "Blue Eyed Darlin.''"

"…she held the audience in the palm of her hand…." Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival

"Susie Glaze has one of the most beautiful voices in bluegrass and folk music today.
She performs a song straight from her heart and soul."  Roz Larman, KPFK''s FolkScene

"Susie is as good as it gets…you owe it to yourself to see this band and find out what you've been missing."     Ken Frankel, San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival, Freight and Salvage Coffee House, Berkeley, CA

Entertainment Weekly writes "...she can blow the roof off any joint lucky enough to book her."

New Review from No Depression

No Depression, May 9, 2013

From the earthy opening fiddle strains on White Swan to the final song's sweet homage to Appalachian singer-songwriter Jean Ritchie, it's clear this is not an album to listen to once and put away.  Susie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band have made an album that is a ride through a wide range of Americana meadows and valleys. From skilled instrumentation bluegrass jams, Appalachian vocals, sweet high lonesome harmonies and old-time folk influences, White Swan sings with the richness of a tapestry of American music that weaves together each genre through  song-craft, clear production and authentic performance in such a seamless way, it feels like we're hearing just one genre; great American music.  Glaze and company, including her husband/arranger, Steve Rankin and songwriter, Rob Carlson, have accomplished a rare thing for a form of music, which too often attempts to cross genres and sometimes looses the essence of any particular form.  Rather, they have crafted an album of songs that honors these diverse origins while gently allowing the arrangements, instrumentation and performances to enhance the songs in subtle ways that raises them to a new level, realizing each track's potential in a new and original way.

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PopMatters "White Swan" review

Susie Glaze & the Hilonesome Band continue to hone and refine their brand of rootsy Americana on their very appealing new album, White Swan. Alison Krauss and Union Station remain the most obvious reference point for this troupe which comprises Glaze on lead vocals, guitars and mountain dulcimer; Rob Carlson on guitar; Steve Rankin on mandolin and bouzouki; Mark Indicator on fiddle; and Fred Sanders on bass. But with White Swan, the band have broadened their bluegrass sound to encompass folky Celtic elements, and the results stand up well alongside the best of AKUS

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