Suzanne Vega Live on Soundcheck

Listen to the whole interview:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2010/01/26/segments/148870
New York has often been a theme and muse for singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. "Luka" was inspired by a child she saw on a street in the Chelsea neighborhood; "Toms Diner" was about an Upper West Side restaurant and her last album, "Beauty & Crime," was a collection of tunes of how the city changed by tragedies. She joins us to play live songs with a new theme, love, the subject of her new album.

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• soundcheck
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[stevobath]

She looks & sounds just as she did in 87, when Solitude Standing came out.She seems to have aged well.

[joer999]

That guy on the left, is he with her?

[valleysofneptune]

she is an angel...such a silkiness to her voice....calming

[2vintage68]

Just Great.

[joer999]

4:18 :-)

Little girl.

[ricemilk]

Sing on Beautiful Songbird

[dbonfa555]

her voice hasn't change that much.. nice

[marmas58ink]

@crazycrow76 I must admit I never heard the album itself, only the couple of tracks that radio and mtv played (back when Mtv meant *something* to music, even if far from an entirely good thing). As best as I remember they seemed 'slicker', more rhythm dominate (which I usually don't like) too much attitude/too little heart... as best as I remember.

Maybe I should check out that album /some of her later work. There's just so much stuff out there to get to!

[crazycrow76]

@marmas58ink I so love she has never switched to an electric but 99.9(?) is my favorite album. I know, that's my problem, right?

[marmas58ink]

She should have never left her popish-folky ways... that's when her popularity took a dive (seemed to me, could be wrong). She put out some album titled (something like) 99 degrees. That's when I lost track.