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	Suzanne Vega - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Suzanne Vega was born in Santa Monica, California, but, at the age of 1 moved with her mother (a computer systems analyst) and her stepfather (a writer from Puerto Rico) to New York City, where she grew up in a socially problematic area (Spanish Harlem and the Upper West Side).
		Vega's POV vignettes of characters and even inanimate objects such as in "Small Blue Thing" are taut and introspective, in the manner of the singer-songwriters of the 1970s, such as Leonard Cohen.
		This is rumoured to be released in 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suzanne_Vega (1181 words)

	AskMen.com - Suzanne Vega
		Suzanne Vega's story-like songs focus on the lives of ordinary people and she frequently sings from the point of view of those who have no voice, such as abused children, victims of war, or those experiencing spiritual or physical trauma.
		Vega was a favorite of neo-folk enthusiasts and critics who caught her New York City performances long before her debut disc was released in 1985.
		Emerging from the neo-folk revival of the 1980s, Suzanne Vega has been acknowledged as one of the finest songwriters of her generation, and has served as an inspiration for a slew of popular female singer-songwriters.
	www.askmen.com /women/singer_200/227_suzanne_vega.html (358 words)

	MHz Networks - Artist Archive - Suzanne Vega
		Suzanne Vega was born July 11, 1959, in Santa Monica, CA; her parents divorced shortly thereafter, and after her mother (a jazz guitarist) remarried to Puerto Rican novelist Ed Vega, the family moved to Manhattan.
		Vega discovered a new voice and sense of possibility for her original material, and her writing grew rapidly.
		Vega began to experiment with her lyrics, pushing beyond the narrative story-songs that dominated her first two records, and had minimalist composer Philip Glass contribute a string arrangement.
	www.mhznetworks.org /programming/artists/636 (1216 words)

	Suzanne Vega - a Concert Review of The Phantom Tollbooth
		The magic of Suzanne Vega is that her songs don't attack your ears.
		Vega wrote the tale with the same mysterious detail as her songs, and read it with the same deliberate control.
		As unjust as that may be, Vega is destined to be an artist that music fans rediscover 20 years from now and her timeless songs will still touch souls.
	www.tollbooth.org /2003/creviews/vega.html (560 words)

	Suzanne Vega - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Suzanne Vega was born in Santa Monica, California, but, at the age of one moved with her mother (a computer systems analyst) and her stepfather (a writer from Puerto Rico) to New York City, where she grew up in a socially problematic area (Spanish Harlem and the Upper West Side).
		Vega's eponymous debut album, Suzanne Vega, was released in 1985 and was well received by critics in the US; it reached platium status in Britain.
		With this album Vega was heralded as part of a second generation of female singer-songwriters including Tracy Chapman, Michelle Shocked and Shawn Colvin.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Suzanne_Vega (1182 words)

	The Official Suzanne Vega Website .::. Welcome!
		New York City, February 13, 2006: Suzanne Vega of New York City and Paul Mills of Los Angeles were married on February 11th, 2006 at her home in New York City.
		Suzanne Vega, best-known for writing and performing the songs “Luka” and “Tom's Diner,” has published the story of her driving instruction in THE NEW YORK TIMES.
		Vega's sister Alyson Vega, a Harvard graduate and instructor at the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, and the “Tocatina” by Tchaikovsky was performed during the nuptials by Ruby Froom, Suzanne Vega's daughter by a previous marriage.
	www.suzannevega.com (553 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Suzanne Vega: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vega was wise not to try to do the same thing again with her second.
		Suzanne Vega emerged as a folk rock singer-songwriter/guitarist in the style of the legendary Joni Mitchell.
		Suzanne Vega's eponymous debut album put her fimly in the public's mind with Tracey Chapman and Michelle Shocked.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000026GZM (978 words)

	Suzanne Vega
		Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk- music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what have been labeled contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs.
		Vega is said to have paved the way for such singers as Tracy Chapman, Michelle Shocked, Edie Brickell, Melissa Etheridge, and Shawn Colvin.
		"Yet, Suzanne is nothing near fragile in body, mind or spirit." Gary Graff of the New York Daily News [July 19, 1987] described Vega as "tough-minded, outspoken, humorous, and direct." "She is surprisingly articulate." according to Anthony Scaduto.
	www.hrmusic.com /artists/svart.html (527 words)

	Suzanne Vega: Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega - PopMatters Music Review
		Suzanne Vega's self-titled debut, released in 1985, spawned a surprise hit in the UK with "Marlene in the Wall"; in fact, Vega performed the song at the Prince's Trust 10th Anniversary Party.
		Suzanne Vega, it was a successful experiment by the estimation of most critics, but, again, it didn't translate into significant sales figures.
		Retrospective is, even with its mild fault in the inclusion of its selections, an excellent sampler of Suzanne Vega's career for the casual fan and a fine introduction for anyone who seeks exposure to one of the most consistent female artists of the '80s and '90s.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/v/vegasuzanne-retrospective.shtml (966 words)

	Amazon.com: Solitude Standing: Music: Suzanne Vega (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Suzanne Vega emerged in the mid-'80s, and while her intimate voice and acoustic guitar brought to mind Joni Mitchell, her urbane lyrics suggested a sensibility that was as much reportorial as confessional.
		Vega's second album, which replaced the delicate acoustic textures of her self-titled debut with more dramatic arrangements, includes Vega's career song, "Luka," surely one of the biggest hits ever written about child abuse.
		Vega gets characterized as a "folk" singer, which may or may not ring true, but it does remind listeners that this is one artist where you want to pay attention to the lyrics because they are the best part of her work and unlike some of her music they reflect her efforts alone.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002GHB?v=glance (1480 words)

	American Mavericks : Press : Suzanne Vega Bio
		Vega’s fifth album, "Nine Objects of Desire," was released in 1996.
		Vega has been involved with organisations devoted to children’s issues since 1988, including Amnesty International’s Working Group for Children and Casa Alianza who provide care, rehabilitation and legal aid services for the Street Children of Central America.
		Therefore any discussion of human rights must include the rights of children: the right from birth to a name, to acquire a nationality and to know and be cared for by his or her parents and the right of a child to play, follow recreational activities and to participate in the cultural and artistic life.
	musicmavericks.publicradio.org /press/bio_sv.html (511 words)

	Suzanne Vega Discography
		Suzanne Vega's song “I'll Never Be Your Maggie May” was used as the soundtrack for UK television advertisements for an ITV drama series called Life Begins, written by Mike Bullens.
		Suzanne Vega recorded two new songs for a “Best of...” collection entitled Tried and True which was released in September 1998 in Europe.
		Suzanne Vega was asked by Philip Glass to sing a song for a movie he was working on — he is writing the music, not sure who wrote the words — the director of the movie is a Brazilian woman.
	discography.vega.net (1433 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Suzanne Vega
		Vega's voice conjures up New York City itself: the brownstones on Riverside Drive, the fall colors in Central Park, arty girls in long skirts rushing to class at NYU, the New School, Barnard and Hunter.
		Vega's three LPs produced in the '90s haven't been quite as popular, but her latest (the first in five years), Songs in Red and Grey (AandM), may see her resurgence in the cultural conscience.
		Vega herself isn't unaware of the uses of rhythm: "Tom's Diner" created an indelible sample that's been used on many a track since--but there's nothing like that here.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/10.18.01/music-suzanne-vega-0142.html (729 words)

	the iMAGAZINE - the Suzanne Vega interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vega isn't tortured but she's becoming great, albeit on a skinny five album history strung out over 11 years.
		Meanwhile, Vega is still explaining the rather vast world she and Froom hauled and embraced with Nine Objects Of Desire, the cover of which features her staring one-eyed and rather charmingly at the lens while obscuring her other eye with a green apple.
		And in such a world there is Suzanne Vega, a gypsy drifting shadowy and somehow fulsome between genre, culture and place.
	www.thei.aust.com /isite/vega.html (1525 words)

	Salon: Viva la Vega
		In the realm of modern pop stardom, fickle fans are the name of the game and reinvention is the key to survival; the secret to longevity lies in maintaining a dedicated fan base while gradually expanding the scope of the music.
		On "Days of Open Hand," the 1990 follow-up to "Solitude Standing," from which "Luka" was taken, Vega diversified her music a bit, adding to the mix elements of jazz and pop which further fleshed out her highly literate yet familiar takes on the melancholic musings of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen.
		For "Nine Objects," Vega and Froom streamline the stylishly cacophonous musical environment of "99.9F," focusing the disparate elements of that album into the consistent exploration of mood and rhythm found on this one.
	www.salon.com /weekly/vega960909.html (585 words)

	Suzanne Vega
		Vega’s singing expresses an intriguing emotional distance, an utter lack of histrionics that is matched by a steadiness of inflection in her tone.
		Vega’s demo tape was rejected by every major record company—twice by AandM, which finally signed her in 1984.
		Her a cappella “Tom’s Diner” was remixed by UK electronic dance duo DNA and bootlegged as “Oh Suzanne.” Vega then permitted the single’s official release under its original title, and the track reached number five on the pop charts and went gold.
	www.carnegiehall.org /textSite/box_office/events/evt_6787.html (1361 words)

	Suzanne Vega (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vega's recorded output is very consistant in terms of quality and if you bought and liked "Solitude Standing" because of "Luka" you are very safe in buying any of her CDs (though we particularly recommend "Suzanne Vega" and "Songs in Red and Grey").
		Vega released an album reviewing her career called "Retrospective." Even if you have all the Suzanne Vega albums, it includes some worthy additions not on the albums and is worth buying for them alone.
		There are two important Suzanne Vega sites on the web and this is a link to one of them.
	home.mchsi.com /~folktales/folk/suzannepage.htm (441 words)

	Acoustic Guitar Central: Suzanne Vega Interview
		Although Vega’s music continues to feature memorable melodic lines and the groove factor she picked up while working with Froom, the essence of her songs has always been her carefully crafted lyrics, and the new songs are no exception.
		Vega has a natural tendency to translate emotions and situations into visual imagery, and those metaphors turn each of her songs into art.
		I met with Vega to discuss her songwriting and guitar technique before a gig at San Francisco’s Warfield Theater, where a packed house was treated to new songs interspersed with older numbers spanning her 16-year career.
	www.acousticguitar.com /issues/ag110/feature110.html (2938 words)

	Suzanne Vega - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		Vega's demo tape was rejected by every major record company--twice by A&M. She was finally signed in 1984--by A&M. "Acoustic music had gone from the public scene," she remembers, "but not from people's lives.
		Her a cappella "Tom's Diner" was remixed by U.K. electronic dance duo DNA and bootlegged as "Oh Suzanne." Vega then permitted the single's official release under its original title and the track reached #5 pop and went gold.
		When she arrived, the kids caught her off-guard by singing the first verse of "Solitude Standing." Even as she continues to record and tour, the best of Suzanne Vega, surely an American maverick herself, will no doubt be rediscovered by many more generations to come.
	music.download.com /suzannevega/3600-8573_32-100063068.html (1205 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Suzanne Vega
		Like Patti Smith a decade earlier, Suzanne Vega was selected from an "underground" New York scene — in this case, the post-rock neo-folk crowd that outgrew new wave for acoustic guitars and sensitively poetic lyrics — and elevated to preeminent status with a major label record deal.
		Producers Lenny Kaye and Steve Addabbo assembled a number of studio players to support Vega in discreet, restrained fashion on her first album; the unobtrusive backing presents her songs clearly and pleasingly.
		Captured with exquisitely clear sound, Vega's subtle and inventive quartet provides texture, dynamics and context for the wan tales of urban alienation, preventing her unchanging voice — soft, dry, seductive — from unduly homogenizing the sound.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=suzanne_vega (572 words)

	Book Suzanne Vega for Corporate Event, Private Entertainment. Party, Meeting, Gala Events - Grabow Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In April 1985, her debut album, Suzanne Vega, was released, produced by Lenny Kaye and her co-manager, Steve Addabo.
		Its collection of self-penned literate and understated songs, showing only a passing resemblance to neo-folk, received universal critical acclaim and Suzanne Vega came to be regarded as the vanguard of a new generation of female singer-songwriters.
		In 1990, Days of Open Hand, co-produced by Suzanne Vega and Anton Sanko, was released to a mixed critical reception -- while more experimental musically, it moved the focus away from the introspective viewpoint of the two previous albums, to observations of the external world..
	www.grabow.biz /Contemporary/SuzanneVega.htm (549 words)

	Profile: Suzanne Vega
		Vega grew up in Manhattan as a shy, quiet child who enjoyed expressing herself through poetry and music.
		Vega’s love and admiration for artists like Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen grew stronger, and she attempted to write her own songs at age fourteen.
		Vega took some time out in between her current Retrospective tour gigs to talk with ASCAP about how her songwriting has changed over the years, what she thinks of anti-folk music, what advice she has for aspiring singer-songwriters today, and what to expect on her next album.
	www.ascap.com /poprock/memberprofiles/suzannevega.html (3093 words)

	Interview with Christopher Kelly Seufert documentary filmmaker about his subject Suzanne Vega, 9/03
		Vega is a neo-folk singer with such hits as "Luka," "Tom’s Diner," and "Marlene on the Wall" to her credit.
		"Being such a recognizable personality, Vega maintains final say over the cut of the film, and she dictates many of the times and places where I shoot." This of course means filming musical performances, a departure from Seufert’s desire to capture Suzanne Vega the woman and not the musician.
		I mean a guy filming you attracts attention she doesn’t always want." Despite the difficulties of the production, Vega herself comments, "I don't mind being filmed for a documentary, since it allows the camera to see me when I am in action, and then I don't have to worry about posing.
	www.newenglandfilm.com /news/archives/03september/seufert.htm (1155 words)

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