As part of the Music @ Main concert series, The Friends of the West Bloomfield Twp Public Library will host “Martin Grosswendt and Susanne Salem-Schatz” for two performances on Sunday, October 1, 2017. The first performance will begin at 3:00 pm with doors opening at 2:30 pm; and the second performance will begin at 4:30 pm with doors opening at 4:00pm. The shows will be held in the Meeting Room of the West Bloomfield Public Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield. The concerts are free.

Start with two compelling voices, an uncanny sense of harmony and a deep grounding in traditional American music. Add in stunning guitar work and a warm, intimate performance style, and what do you get? Martin Grosswendt and Susanne Salem-Schatz. As one reviewer says, “Martin and Susanne make beautiful music together.”
Martin is internationally known as an interpreter of pre-war blues and other roots music. He started his career recording with and accompanying legendary folk musicians such as U Utah Phillips, Rosalie Sorrels, and Jim Ringer and Mary McCaslin. Susanne is a veteran of the Boston roots music scene. A life-long singer, she slips seamlessly into any genre, making it her own; soulful blues singer one minute, sassy honky-tonk gal the next. Together they embrace a deep love and respect for the roots of classic blues, old time, early country, and honky-tonk. At the same time, they make the music their own, presenting it with style, grace and wit.