Possessing all the vibe in the world (Rolling Stone), Suzanna Choffel feels equally at home singing in a dimly lit, smoky club as she does front and center in front of (literally) millions. Credit the Austin TX natives musical upbringing: with a name inspired by Leonard Cohen's Suzanne, she was steeped in her parents 70s LP collection and grew up cultivating an interest in pop, soul, jazz, reggae and more. The budding talent began writing songs at a young age, took up piano and guitar, and gigged in teenage R&B bands at the legendary Continental Club and even Antones. She shot to the top of the Austin music scene after her debut album Shudders & Rings won multiple songwriting awards, and her dynamic live show earned her Best Indie Band at the 2009 Austin Music Awards. Suddenly she was headlining SXSW, appearing at Austin City Limits festival, CMJ and Voodoo Experience, and sharing stages with the likes of Angelique Kidjo and Solange. As her profile soared, her music began to appear...
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Possessing all the vibe in the world (Rolling Stone), Suzanna Choffel feels equally at home singing in a dimly lit, smoky club as she does front and center in front of (literally) millions. Credit the Austin TX natives musical upbringing: with a name inspired by Leonard Cohen's Suzanne, she was steeped in her parents 70s LP collection and grew up cultivating an interest in pop, soul, jazz, reggae and more. The budding talent began writing songs at a young age, took up piano and guitar, and gigged in teenage R&B bands at the legendary Continental Club and even Antones. She shot to the top of the Austin music scene after her debut album Shudders & Rings won multiple songwriting awards, and her dynamic live show earned her Best Indie Band at the 2009 Austin Music Awards. Suddenly she was headlining SXSW, appearing at Austin City Limits festival, CMJ and Voodoo Experience, and sharing stages with the likes of Angelique Kidjo and Solange. As her profile soared, her music began to appear in commercials and film, including a track during a pivotal moment of the 2010 indie hit Catfish (a surprise even to her). In the slipstream came her evocative and expansive second album, Steady Eye Shaky Bow, hailed as a record of shimmering soul (Austin American-Statesman), and Best Album winner in the 2012 Independent Music Awards. Primed for the national stage, Suzanna auditioned for and appeared on NBCs The Voice, wowing the judges with her renditions of Fleetwood Mac and Bob Marley and earning singular praise from Rolling Stone as the only artist youd want to listen to a complete album from. Soon came offers to share a bill with Emeli Sand and Skylar Grey, and tour the U.S. with Wakey!Wakey! After recently moving to New York, Suzanna's quickly become a fixture in the NYC music scene. Since then she re-released her album, renamed Archer, with "Golden Fires" as a bonus track, internationally on Red Parlor Records in 2013 and toured France to rave reviews in early 2014. In 2014 Choffel decided to move back to her hometown of Austin, TX to record her third album with producer David Boyle (Bebel Gilberto, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin) at Church House Studios (a renovated church in historic East Austin). Enlisting JJ Johnson on drums, Charlie Sexton & David Garza on guitars, Cat Popper & Brad Houser on bass and many others, Choffel recorded eleven tracks in the fall/winter of 2014 and is set to release the new Hello Goodbye in Spring 2016. The album veers from dreamy folk ("Go Forth") to Wilco-esque rock ("Follow") to saucy funk ("Lately For You") with a few sultry R&B/pop gems along the way ("I Could Be Loved", "New Word"). The title track was penned upon leaving Austin for New York (in 2011) & the closing of one of her favorite local bars Momo's, where many a band formed & cut their chops including Choffel's.
