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w i: v flung touring schedules, a SUZANNE VEGA reputation for enchanting live Liquid Room. Edinburgh. Wed 27 Jun: King Tut's. shows_ and increasing” more Glasgow Th” 28 Jun' interesting albums. The more Often cited as having resurrected folk music in groove-orientated 99.9‘F was the mid-80$, Suzanne Vega‘s career since the followed by the stripped-down release of her eponymous debut LP in 1985 has but musically richer Nine been a case of quality over quantity: 3 total of Objects Of Desire in 1996. Since just five albums, one retrospective and a then, Vega has generally collection of writings. But each release has performed either solo or with consistently combined a playful musical the backing of bassist Mike experimentation with a trademark lyrical Visceglia and a new LP, The dexterity that has seen Vega long outlive the rash Mother And The Matador, is of female folkies who followed her lead (although being slated for release later I hear Tanita Tikaram is still big in Germany). this year. Having learned guitar at the age of eleven, Vega's popularity also lies in Vega played her first solo gig at the tender age her intimacy, both in the time of fifteen, before becoming a regular performer she has for her fans - regularly in Greenwich Village coffee houses in the early replying to their queries via e- 19803. Her refreshing arrangements, coupled mail - and in her songs, which with haunting stories and complex metaphors are frequently derived from sung in a crystalline half-whisper, were soon personal experience. noticed, but it wasn‘t until 1987 that Vega Motherhood, separation from achieved her real breakthrough with the band- husband and one-time producer r ‘ orientated album Solitude Standing. The album Mitchell Froom, and her musings ; - spawned her most renowned songs: ‘Luka’ on the nature of music itself are Quality not quantity perfectly captured Vega‘s sensitivity in dealing among that investigated in her with thorny issues like child abuse, while ‘Tom‘s work. Vega’s lyrical talents have also been It's been a whole four years since she last Diner‘ spawned a whole album of covers and a completely catalogued in her 1998 anthology The appeared in Scotland, so expect packed venues. hit single by DNA in 1990. Passionate Eye, which stakes a solid claim as a But you‘ll find by the time Vega starts singing, Despite this early peak in her popularity, Vega genuine piece of contemporary literature, if not a everyone and everything else will melt away into has maintained an enormous fanbase revealing study of the vision and lyrical another backdrop for her captivating tales. worldwide, due in large to punishing and far- progression of a songwriter. (Jan F Zeschky)
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