Suzanne Vega to Play Livestream Benefit for Struggling Clubs

Suzanne Vega has announced a pair of livestreamed shows at New York's 

Blue Note Jazz Club to help struggling venues.

Greg Holz*

Suzanne Vega to Play Livestream Benefit for Struggling Clubs

“I heard through the grapevine that all kinds of places are teetering and may not make it through,” Vega says

David Browne
October 5, 2020

Like nearly every working musician on the planet, Suzanne Vega knows firsthand the impact of the Covid-19 shutdown: An entire summer European tour — along with U.S. shows in October and November — were postponed until next year after live music abruptly stopped.

Suzanne Vega on Her Return, Lou Reed’s Puppy and Loving Macklemore

Suzanne Vega
George Holz

Suzanne Vega on Her Return,

Lou Reed’s Puppy and Loving

Macklemore

The singer-songwriter talks about the inspiration of her first new album in seven years

DAVID BROWNE
January 16, 2014

Suzanne Vega never knows who’ll turn out to be a devotee. Take the young Adele fan who approached her at a recent show after Adele cited Vega as an influence (and “The Queen and the Soldier” as one of her favorite songs). Dev Hynes, aka Blood Orange and writer of hits for Sky Ferreira and Solange Knowles, recently called Vega “a big influence.” And when Vega and Danger Mouse worked on Dark Night of the Soul several years back, the producer admitted to his own fandom. “I thought, ‘He’ll just know “Tom’s Diner,”‘ but it turned out he was a really big fan of [the 2001 album] Songs in Red and Gray,” she says. “He knew all the deep tracks. So you never know. Music is not as segregated as people make it out to be.”