Suzanne Vega
Stoughton Opera House 381 E. Main St., Stoughton, Wisconsin 53589
George Holz
Suzanne Vega
The Stoughton Opera House should be a perfect venue for what's billed as “An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories with Suzanne Vega.” The folksinger has always focused on fine storytelling and defied categorization. Her latest album, An Evening of New York Songs and Stories, wouldn't be mistaken for work from anybody else.
press release: Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.
Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.
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