Susan Reed, 11th Jan1927 COLUMBIA SC. - April 25th 2010 Greenport, N.Y Was one of the lost stars of the post-World War II music world. At one point, in the second half of the 1940s, the barely 20-year-old singer/harpist/zitherist was playing some of the most prominent nightspots in New York to enthusiastic audiences and appearing regularly on radio as well as the newly established television medium, and was courted by the biggest record companies in the world, Columbia Masterworks and RCA Victor. Reed was part of a new breed of entertainer in that genre, along with Burl Ives, Pick Temple, and other folk-based performers who had begun coming to prominence late in the Second World War and immediately after. Although she never achieved a level of popularity anything like Ives, she left behind a group of highly prized recordings that range from traditional Irish and American songs to adaptations of classical repertory. The daughter of Daniel Reed, an entertainer, actor, theatrical director, and playwright, she was born in 1927 in Columbia, SC, and, thanks to her father's career, was practically raised to live the life of a performer. Reed traveled extensively with him, and the Reed home was often visited by musicians, singers, and dancers. Among those she came to know were Carl Sandburg, the poet, author, and singer, and Leadbelly, both of whom provided her with an introduction to American folk music. Her introduction to Irish folk music, in turn, came through her father's frien