Susan Anders at Paradiso

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**Santa 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…