Fiddler, singer, songwriter, tunesmith, Appalachian-style dancer, Susi proposes several different options tailored to your particular budget and the ambiance you wish to create. Be it ballads or bluegrass or old-time swing, this award-winning performer is sure to capture your heart.
With over 50 years of performance already in her pocket, Susi has played with such legends as Eddie Adcock, Mac Wiseman, Mike Seeger, Hazel Dickens, and Bill Monroe, among others. In the 1980’s, as an ambassador of American music and dance, she collaborated on tours of West Africa and South and Central America for the U.S. State Department. In 1997-98 she served as Assistant Director of East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass & Country Music Program. Throughout a 20-year stint of collaboration with European artists, Séguret toured extensively for the Jeunesses Musicales de France, appeared in numerous theaters and festivals across Europe, and accompanied folk star Hugues Aufray at the Olympia in Paris. She also co-wrote the music for two televised films by Aline Isserman and won the 1996 bluegrass division of the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest for her lyrics at MerleFest.
SELECTED APPEARANCES
National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”
Kennedy Center, Washington DC, with Masters of Bluegrass
The Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC
“Talk of the Town” TV show in Nashville, TN
Nashville Network’s “Fire on the Mountain”
Radio-Telefis-Eirean, Dublin, Ireland
The Olympia with Hugues Aufray, Paris, France
Interceltic Festival of Lorient, Brittany, France
Mirande Country Music Fesival, France
The World’s Fair, Knoxville, TN
Mountain Dance & Folk Festival, Asheville, NC
Bascom Lamar Lunsford Festival, Madison County, NC
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Festival, Bristol, TN
US State Department Tour of West Africa
US State Department Tour of South & Central America
Tour of Brazil with Partners of the Americas
SELECTED RECORDINGS
Susi Gott & Christian Séguret—CAROLINA (CoProd)
Eddie Adcock and Talk of the Town (CMH)
Hugues Aufray—LIVE A L’OLYMPIA (Musidisc)
Robbie O’Connell—LOVE OF THE LAND (Green Linnet)
Thierry Massoubre & Christian Séguret—GUITARES (Silex)
The Peter Gott Family—COWBELL HOLLOW (Skyline)
PICKIN’ IN THE BLUE RIDGE (Skyline)
ANTHOLOGY OF FIDDLER’S GROVE—1978
Buddy Davis—THESE DAYS
HAPPY ANTHEMS (Kosinus)
Mahogany Spirit—SOUL MATES
Bertrand Coquegniot—BANJO RENDEZVOUS
Michel LeLong—NOIR & BLANC
Jérôme Tiphane—CLIN D’OEIL
Eric Cousin—PATCHWORK
BLUEGRASS RENDEZVOUS
Gildas Arzel (Sony)
RED HERRING
MANDOLINES
EUROGRASS
O SUSANNA!
SELECTED FILMS
TALKING FEET (Mike Seeger)
A VIDEO POSTCARD OF THE BLUE RIDGE (Ron Ruhel)
Hugues Aufray—LIVE A L’OLYMPIA
LES ENFANTS D’ABORD (Aline Issermann—M6)
L’AUBAINE (Aline Issermann—France 3)
THE MOST POWERFUL INGREDIENT FOR SUCCESS (Elizabeth Trinkaus—Life Enrichment Consulting Video Series)
Her voice sounds like the mountains themselves had broken into song. It's the rich timeless voice of this place we call home.
—Robin Tolleson