Susan Wolf believes in magic, because she has already experienced several miracles in her life. Be it on her healing journey from an incurable illness or on her challenging path back to life as a musician: “Many magical things have happened in my life. I’ve been through some difficult times, but because of these miracles I’ve been able to experience, I’ve been able to develop confidence. I feel somehow guided.” With her song Call It Magic, the artist wants to encourage people to believe in magic. “Invite it into your life and it happens. Your dreams are just waiting to come to life,” says the Austrian, who has been at home in the Danish music scene for years and therefore tours with a Danish ensemble.
I believe in magic/ I know it is true / I keep my eyes wide open / don´t you see it too /what world this world would be / if only we believe…
After touring with Katie Melua, Mick Hucknall (v. Simply Red) and Andrew Bird, Wolf will return to the stage in fall 2024 with her new album GOLD.
Call it Magic is the first single from this album and, like a spring morning, Susan Wolf returns to the music scene with these new songs: More powerful and lively than ever before, the Austrian artist tells of the magic of life and love. Susan Wolf has gone through a healing process that many would not have thought possible: At the age of 23, the musician was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Ten years later, the disease was already so advanced that the passionate singer and guitarist was barely able to participate in life.
“I couldn’t walk ten meters,” she says. But the single mother of a teenage boy did not give up and decided to look for ways to combat the disease. In addition to natural measures that enable the body to heal itself, Susan also looked at ways to heal the soul. She has now processed this path to recovery in her album GOLD. Today Susan Wolf is healthy.
Like its predecessor I Have Visions, Susan’s new album was produced in Denmark by the Danish producer duo and multi-instrumentalists Peter Dombernowsky and Nikolaj Heyman. In the field of tension between Nordic melancholy and warm, bubbling Americana sounds, the Austrian tells the moving story of her life, captivating listeners with her authenticity and expressive voice, which she usually lets resonate gently and with many subtle nuances. Old American folk guitars provide the basic framework for the songs, but pedal steel, dobro and twangy tremolo guitars are of course just as important as spherical Mellotron and Wurlitz sounds.
You can look forward to a highly emotional album full of hope and love. Love should win, says Wolf, with the deepest conviction: “It is the only truth we should believe.”
Love is the one only truth / we ought to believe.