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August 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Suzanne Vega (August 8, Wgtn)

Suzanne Vega Opera House, Wellington Wednesday, August 8 For her New Zealand shows it was just Suzanne Vega and long-serving bassist Mike Visceglia. I say just because it was the full band that performed in Australia, at wonderful shows celebrating the respective 30th and 25th anniversaries of the Solitude Standing and 99.9F Degrees albums.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), 99.9F Degrees, August 8, Gig Review, Gig Review: Suzanne Vega (August 8, Live Gig, Live Music, Luka, Mike Visceglia, Nine Objects of Desire, Opera House, Review, Solitude Standing, Songs In Red And Gray, Suzanne Vega, Tales from The Real of the Queen of Pentacles, Tom's Diner, Wednesday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Suzanne Vega (July 28, Sydney)

Suzanne Vega Enmore Theatre, Newtown; Sydney, Australia Saturday, July 28 Suzanne Vega is celebrating the 30th and 25th anniversaries of, respectively, the albums Solitude Standing and 99.9Fd. Or as she explained cleverly at the start of the show, selections from the albums. No fear of a trick though, that meant most of each album – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), 25th Anniversary, 30th Anniversary, 99.9F Degrees, Anniversary, Australia, DNA, Enmore, Enmore Theatre, Gerry Leonard, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Suzanne Vega (July 28, July 28, Left of Centre, Live Gi, Live Gig, Live Music, Luka, Mike Visceglia, Newtown, Saturday, Solitude Standing, Suzanne Vega, Sydney, Tom's Diner, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Yuval Lion ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bound, Leonard Cohen, Luka, Lyrics, Mitchell Froom, Nine Objects of Desire, Poetry, Solitude Standing, Songs For My Life, Songs For My Life: The Great Songs of Suzanne Vega, Songs In Red And Gray, Songs of Her Life, Songwriter, Songwriting, Suzanne Vega, The Great Songs of Suzanne Vega, The Passionate Eye, Tom's Diner, Vega ·

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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, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1987, Bob Dylan, Iron Bound/Fancy Poultry, Joni Mitchell, Luka, Paul Kelly, Solitude Standing, Suzanne Vega, Tom's Diner, Vinyl ·

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