Todd Samusson music homepage

Songwriter Todd Samusson makes music that's been called folk music, Americana, folk & roll, alt.country, and acoustic roots. He calls it alt.folk music.
Based in the people's republic of Portland, Oregon, Todd writes songs that convey big picture issues in small, human stories.

MUSIC ONLINE

The newest Todd Samusson CD, "Things Change" is now available online at CDBaby. In addition, you can also find CDs from Todd's previous duo, Samusson & Tomassi. Not only that, but all this music is also available at Apple's iTunes store.Go to either site and search "Samusson".

 

CALENDAR

JANUARY 8, 2011 - SAT -Gresham Borders Book & Records, 687 NW 12th St., Gresham, OR. 7-9pm.

JANUARY 15 - SAT - Flying Cat Coffee Co., 3041 SE Division St, Portland, OR. Happy hour set: 4-6pm.

JANUARY 28 - FRI - Vancouver Borders Books & Records, 811 SE 160th Ave, Vancouver, WA.. 7-9pm

FEBRUARY 4 - FRI - Proper Eats Market & Cafe,
8638 N. Lombard Ave, Portland, OR. 7-9pm

APR 15 - FRI - Borders Books & Records, 811 SE 160th Ave, Vancouver, WA. 7-9pm.

APR 30 - SAT - Star E Rose Cafe , 2403 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR. 1pm-3pm.

MAY 7 - SAT - The Commons Convergence, St. David of Wales Church, 2800 SE Harrison St, Portland, OR. 1pm. Opening songs. http://theoregoncommons.org/

MAY 13 - FRI - Neasons Market, Happy Valley Store,
15861 SE Happy Valley Town Cntr. Dr., Happy Valley, OR (off Sunnyside Rd. between SE 157th and SE 162nd). 5-7pm

MAY 28 - SAT - Sherwood Saturday Market, next to City Hall along the Pedestrian Walkway, 22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood, OR. 10am-1pm.

MAY 30 - MON - Northwest Folklife Festival, Alki Stage, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA . 12:20-12:50pm. http://www.nwfolklife.org/

MAY 30 - MON - NW Folklife Woody Guthrie Tribute,

JUNE 3 - FRI - Anam Cara Connections’ First Friday Forum, West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 8470 SW Oleson Rd, Portland, OR. 7:00pm. The music is part of a larger program on nonviolent communication. http://www.anamcaraconnections.com/

JUNE 4 - SAT - Albany Farmers Market, 4th & Ellsworth, Albany, OR. 9:30am-noon. www.locallygrown.org

JUNE 18 - SAT - Gresham Borders Books & Records, 687 NW 12th St., Gresham, OR. 7-9pm.

JUNE 24 - FRI - Vancouver Borders Books & Records, 811 SE 160th Ave, Vancouver, WA.. 7-9pm.

JUNE 29 - WED - People's Food Cooperative Farmers Market, 3029 Southeast 21st Avenue
Portland, OR. 4:30 - 6:30pm.

SEPT 28 - WED - Corvallis Farmers Market, 1st Ave & Jackson St. (on the river), Corvallis OR. 9:30am-noon.

Picture of Todd playing a Santa Cruz acoustic guitar.

Imagine yourself
in some nook or cranny of Todd Samusson's brain . . .
There's a funky room with old wooden floors and overstuffed furniture. Bruce Cockburn, John Hiatt and David Crosby are forming a garage band. Lucinda Williams drops in possessed by the ghost of Woody Guthrie and starts reciting poems by Lenore Kandel. In a corner Gary Snyder is mediating a debate between Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey over the origin of the cosmos. Later on, Steve Earle comes by with Greg Brown and they play some Neil Young covers and then a few tunes by The Band while Shawn Colvin and Gillian Welch add harmonies.

But wait - there's more. . .

Eliza Gilkysen shows up with Brewer & Shipley to play some acoustic versions of Springsteen songs. Jack Kerouac scrawls poetry in an old notebook amidst illustrations by John Lennon. Michael Moore is shooting a documentary film of the whole scene. The Dalai Lama sits at the table sipping tea and laughing while he listens to an iPod playing the Jerry Garcia Band doing Bob Dylan covers. Dylan himself is a no-show as usual. But Richard Thompson comes in late with a new Santa Cruz guitar. He starts trading riffs with Mark Knopfler and they call it a draw. Speaking of drawing, Pablo Picasso is doing sketches on the ceiling while M.C. Escher does puzzles in the hall. Abbie Hoffman is dancing by himself to Robert Johnson tunes on the jukebox. Terry Gross is tryin g to interview Van Morrison but he keeps mumbling.

Pretty straightforward, really.