Career
She is known best for her debut self-recorded album, The Subway Recordings. Cagle is the second-oldest of ten children. As a child, Cagle traveled the world with her family, living in or visiting countries including Venezuela, Mexico, Greece, Italy, France, Germany, England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Music career
Cagle began playing guitar at the age of 7, and by the age of 14 was writing poetry and songs.
She soon began writing, recording music and performing in subway stations (her album, The Subway Recordings, is cut from live shows). During a show in the 34th Street – Herald Square subway station, Cagle was discovered by producer Jay Levine, who introduced her to then new president of Columbia Records, Steve Greenberg.
She soon became his first signing in this placement. Cagle released her debut album, The Subway Recordings, in 2007 with Lefthook Entertainment and Columbia Records.
After leaving Columbia Records in 2009 and signing to Warner Brothers, Cagle changed her stage name to Susan Justice, saying it happened "of its own accord" and it (the name change) was something she felt she "needed to do".
Her second album is titled "Eat Dirt" and was released March 26, 2012. The album was released by Capitol Records. Notable performances
On May 10, 2007, Cagle and her band performed "Dear Oprah", an ode to billionaire talk show host Oprah Winfrey, on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
"Dear Oprah" features such lyrics as: "Dear Oprah, Have you ever felt like breakin’ down/ when there ain"t no one who cares around/did you ever feel this way back in the day so blue/ what did you do?"
The band appeared in the 2006 Music Television Video Music Awards warm up in the "You Hear lieutenant First".
She appears in the Gary King independent film New York Lately as Truly Hanssen. The film was released in 2008 to generally favorable reviews.
Her life and music were the subject of a profile and interview on the National Public Radio program Morning Edition that aired Monday, March 26, 2012.
