SIDE BY SIDE
SUSAN T. REID and PAUL BLUESTEIN
Susan T. Reid and Paul Bluestein each have been playing string instruments for more than fifty years – just not together until recently. Susan started as a guitar player in her teens, did some fiddling around (the string kind) later in life with help from Eileen Ivers and eventually took up the banjo, which her friend Pete Seeger taught her to play. She comes from a love of American folk, Celtic, and other world music traditions and released an album of selected favorites titled “Bridges to Home” in 2016. Paul Bluestein got his first guitar (a Sears Silvertone) when he was 16 and learned to play by listening to the folk singers of the 60’s and then the folk-rock of the 70’s. Performing together as the duo Side by Side, they have blended very different genres of music into a delicious stew they call “North Country” that tastes of Appalachia and Greenwich Village with a sprinkle of Long Beach, California. Bon Appetit!
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Recording credits ~
VERSO Studios @ Westport Library
Travis Bell ~ VERSO Studios Manager and Sound Engineer
Erik Paul ~ Sound Technician
CURRENT SHOWS & COMING SOON:
Saturday, May 9th 2026 12:00-2:00
The Dogwood Festival at Greenfield Hill Congregational Church ~ in the Blossom Café ~ Fairfield, CT
Dates and Times TBD ~
Black Rock Library, 2705 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, CT
Litchfield Farmers Market ~ Litchfield, CT ~ Date and Time TBD
PAST SHOWS:
Saturday, July 12th 2025 12:00-5:00
Roxbury Pickin' & Fiddlin’ Festival Hurlburt Park ~ 18 Apple Lane ~ Roxbury, CT
Saturday, August 23rd 2025 1:00-2:00
PorchFest in Black Rock ~ at Joy’s Front Porch ~ 255 Midland Ave., Bridgeport, CT
Saturday, September 4th 2025 10:00-1:00
Black Rock Farmers Market St. Ann’s Field ~ 481 Brewster St., Bridgeport, CT
Saturday, October 4th 2025 10:00-1:00
Black Rock Farmers Market ~ St. Ann’s Field ~ 481 Brewster St., Bridgeport, CT
Sunday, December 1st 2024 1:00-3:00
Shields Hall at Ridgebury Congregational Church ~ 605 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, CT
Sunday, November 3rd 2024 12:30 - 3:30
First Folk Sunday with Suzanne Sheridan & Friends ~ Saugatuck Rowing Club, 521 Riverside Ave., Westport, CT
Saturday, August 31st 2024
Black Rock Farmers Market St. Ann’s Field ~ 481 Brewster St., Bridgeport, CT
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CONTACT INFO:
Phone: 203-417-5851
Email: susan@susanreidmusic.com