Originally trained in classical voice before turning to folk music, this celebrated singer crafts melodic yet stylistically exploratory songs.

• “Always an impressive songwriter, Werner continues to compose sharp, funny, and passionate lyrics, a gift rare enough to set her apart.”—The Washington Post
• Her major label debut Last of the Good Straight Girls (1995) garnered positive reviews from critics who called it “the leap forward that took John Gorka and Mary Chapin Carpenter years to make.”—Philadelphia Enquirer
• In 2009 Werner released the album Classics, a tribute to pop music of the ’60s and ’70s including covers of Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” and Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain.”
• Her latest album, Kicking the Beehive was released in March 2011 and features guest appearances from Vince Gill, Keb’ Mo’, and Paul Franklin.