Remarkable Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød, who usually records under her first name, has spent the past decade and a half triangulating between several compelling personas, though it’s always clear as day who you’re listening to—her crystalline voice is just as clear. She first made waves in 2004 leading Susanna & the Magical Orchestra, a duo with keyboardist Morten Qvenild of In the Country fame. They combined sorrowful, gorgeous originals and occasional inventive covers at a molasses-slow pace, their lovely melodic shapes moving so patiently they seemed like frozen clouds. She eventually began making even starker records simply as Susanna, often accompanied by nothing but her own piano playing.
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