Vega Dazzles at Joe's Pub

Tuesday night I had the great privilege of seeing our client Suzanne Vega at Joe's Pub, performing music from her new album 'Beauty & Crime', out July 17 on Blue Note. I don't often gush like this, but I was floored. She's such a beguiling and powerful presence on stage, her songs are rich and melodious, and the band was just killer.

All the new material translated beautifully from CD to stage, and the few older songs she played were a revelation. She even pulled off a faithful reproduction of the DNA dance remix of 'Tom's Diner' (a song whose famous hook I first heard as a precocious 4th grader on the track 'Set The Mood' From the Austrian Euro-house trio Bingoboys' 1991 release The Best of The Bingoboys). It was also fun to picture myself in the song; I spent many a morning after an all-nighter at Columbia guzzling coffee and eating a greasy breakfast at the very counter she sings of.

You can check out Steve Smith's evocative recap of the evening on TONY's blog here