Suzanne Vega

...by women, and it turns out Tori Amos is the "patron saint" of the genre, having written songs about her own rape. Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega and the Crystals all find a place. And no, it's not all old stuff. Florence and the Machine's song...

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Research into song lyrics about sexual violence reveals that they both support and empower women US singer Suzanne Vega's song My Name is Luca addresses domestic violence. Photograph: Anoek De Groot/AFP/Getty Images Back in 1962, the...

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...alumni magazine, recalled eating breakfast there with Obama. (Tom's was also famously featured on the TV show Seinfeld and in Suzanne Vega's song Tom's Diner.) After several other stops, Miller ends the tour by hopping on the No. 1 train...

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...still deeply revered in his homeland, held a private concert to celebrate the revolution with the American singers Joan Baez and Suzanne Vega topping the bill. For those who took part in the demonstration 20 years ago, the anniversary has...

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...are friends of the ex-President, who once hired Frank Zappa as a cultural emissary and whose taste is notoriously eclectic. Suzanne Vega goes first, followed by a nice message from Gorby. But then Lou Reed comes on, incongruously but...

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...had backed out at the last minute. Distraught, she asked if she could meet with someone else while she was there. As it happened, Suzanne Vega had just done an album with an English producer and she and Kris shared the same management...

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...who will be backed by bassist Terry Trentham and percussionist Charles Williams, will interpret songs by Jimi Hendrix, Suzanne Vega, Leonard Cohen and Stevie Wonder, among others. The museum is at Main and Hampton streets. $8 to $10; (803)...

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...like her 1980s waif self, and her stage patter was still patently awkward, halting and amusing. Vega's talent may have a narrow scope, yet she's honed it to a fine edge. Her most substantial songs are largely from her first two...

In this article: Luka, Tom's Diner, Club Passim, and David Bowie

...top names in folk music. Past performers have included Jeff Buckley, Shawn Colvin, Ani DiFranco, The Roaches, Lisa Loeb, and Suzanne Vega. Nowhere else in the city presents folk music in a purer setting. Here, acoustic means acoustic: no...

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...distinctive sound into a borderline cliche. But Alston's "Blow Over" had more than Glass's "Songs From Liquid Days," with lyrics by Suzanne Vega and Paul Simon, to contend with -- and by "liquid" you can infer "sappy goo dribbled out in the...

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