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Paradiso is the venue connected to the cannabis dispensary Fruit of the Earth Organics. We believe in supporting local music and dance, as well as the community through connective and diverse events. Join the group to stay up to date on our events from live music to dance to the healing arts, plus our ever expanding offering of botanical mocktails.
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Susan Anders at Paradiso
Paradiso, 903 Early St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA, Santa Fe, NM, USSanta Fe singer/songwriter SUSAN ANDERS
Performs at Paradiso November 6th, 2026. Tom Manche opens.
“A soulful, commanding voice” - The New Yorker
SUSAN ANDERS: vocals-guitar
TOM MANCHE: vocals-guitar
CHAZZ FRICHTEL: bass-vocals
Santa Fe singer/songwriter Susan Anders celebrates her newly
functioning right hand at “The Happy Hand Show”, playing songs from
her 2025 release NOW I’M A KITE as well as from her large catalogue of
originals. Her husband Tom Manche opens with a set of his own
sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant songs.
In July 2025 Anders released her fifth solo album NOW I’M A KITE to
glowing reviews and several puns: “Susan Anders soars with NOW I'M A
KITE” Ryan Emmert/World Music Central, “NOW I'M A KITE takes Anders
to new heights.” Lee Zimmerman/blanknews.com. Though many of the
songs were inspired by the passing of her father in 2022 she was in great
spirits in 2025, enjoying life in her new home of Santa Fe, NM. That fall
she started to feel pain in her right thumb and middle finger learned that
she had two trigger fingers, and until surgery in February 2026 she could
barely play guitar or piano. The Paradiso show is her first performance
since her hand recovery. In addition to Manche she will be backed by
Santa Fe bassist/singer Chazz Frichtel, who played with Michael
McDonald for 19 years as well as with Chuck Mangione, Wilson/Phillips.
While her hand was out of commission Anders turned to vocal arranging:
her piece “A Wave That Rocks Me” was premiered by The Zia Singers in
January of 2026.
Anders is known for her smart lyrics, moving vocals, and Americana meets
folk/pop/jazz sound. Her lyrical focus is less on young love, more on mid-life
issues like reinvention, forgiveness, healing, materialism, and mourning. As
Dirty Linen wrote: “This is music for adults: smart, witty, and insightful.”
Her influences are vast and include Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Leonard Cohen, and
other great 70s singer-songwriters, the Motown and Beatles she heard growing
up, and recent artists like Phoebe Bridgers and Kimbra.
Anders grew up in Berkeley, California, collected degrees from UC Santa Cruz
and SF State, then spent her twenties singing, playing, and writing for a
cappella, rock, jazz, and Motown bands that played throughout northern
California. She also paid her bills by delivering singing telegrams wearing a
table around her waist, and teaching doo-wop songs to Buddhist monks. After
moving to Los Angeles in 1990 and meeting her future husband Tom Manche,
they formed, toured, and recorded with their band Susan’s Room for the rest
of the decade. Susan's Room disbanded amicably and Anders moved with
Manche to Nashville, Tennessee in 2002, where she coached singers and
released four solo albums: Release (2005), Swimmer (2010), Loop de Loop
(2016), and 13 Women (2021). Susan and Tom moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico
in 2023, where they live downtown with their dog Eddie.Download or stream Hi-res photos and NOW I’M A KITE at:
https://www.susanandersmusic.com/epk.
Live videos are at
https://susanandersmusic.com/video.1 attendee
Carla Van Blake ~ Beautiful Songs from her new CD
Paradiso, 903 Early St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA, Santa Fe, NM, USCarla Van Blake possesses a variety of skills, from software engineering to couture design to jewelry making, but her first and enduring love is music. She’s led an interesting life, growing up in New York State and Nigeria, volunteering with the Peace Corps in Mali, and surviving a near-death experience “My parents moved me to a remote area in Nigeria when I was eight years old,” she said. “My father took his jazz collection with him, so I grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, and Nina Simone.
When trumpet maestro and jazz icon Bobby Shew heard her for the first time, he said, “The phrasing and everything was right, and she sings in tune, and she has the whole persona as a jazz singer.” A New Mexico Music Awards finalist, Carla will be singing her beautiful original songs from her new CD at Paradiso, bringing her positive lyrics to uplift our hearts in these challenging times.https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/467841
## Backed by John Funkhouser - piano, Alex Murzyn - sax, Mark Clark - drums, Terry Burns - Bass
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