Posts Tagged Solitude Standing

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June 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Suzanne Vega to Play Two NZ Shows: August 2018

Anyone reading this will know I’m such a huge Suzanne Vega fan. So it’s huge news – to me anyway – that she is going to be playing two shows in New Zealand in August this year. I’ve already booked tickets to see her play in Australia in late-July. I’ll return home with the chance […]

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April 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Songs of Her Life, Songs For My Life: The Great Songs of Suzanne Vega

I’ve been listening to Suzanne Vega since I was ten years old. The songs that everyone knows are Luka and Tom’s Diner. These songs have held up well – Luka might suffer from a very-1987 guitar sound but it’s an incredible piece of pop songwriting. A song about child abuse is one thing – a […]

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December 11, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1720

Suzanne Vega, Solitude Standing (1987) This was the first Suzanne Vega album I heard – and then the first I bought on vinyl. It’s something of a favourite – although I like all of her albums. This was the introduction though – with those two big songs; still the biggest two songs of her career, […]