On Sunday, November 14, I'll be presenting my first event for Housing Works, the NYC-based non-profit that has been fighting AIDS and homelessness for twenty years now. One of my songwriting heroes,…   Read Story »

Last night, Ms. Vega popped over to 30 Rock with "Caramel," the The Truth About Cats & Dogs hit reworked on her new record Suzanne Vega Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs. However for this web-only…   Read Story »

When Stereogum first saw Fool's Gold open for Cat Power a little over a year ago, Amrit noted the LA collective's “love for benga (Kenya-based), juju (rooted in Nigeria), and the Congolese genre…   Read Story »

Suzanne Vega, who contributed to Dark Night Of The Soul last May and finds her self-titled debut turning 25 this May, is releasing a four-volume acoustic series: The first one, Suzanne Vega Close-Up,…   Read Story »

"Due to an ongoing dispute with EMI" Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and David Lynch's project is   Read Story »

Yes, this is the year of Dark Nights (but not that kind, which is very last year). We'd told you about Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse's ubiquitous Dark Night Of The Soul posters, and now we can point…   Read Story »

The "Mother of the MP3" has penned a lengthy essay for NY Times' songwriting blog about her other hit wonder. Vega shares the inspiration for her a cappella tribute to Seinfeld's future hangout and…   Read Story »

After catching Suzanne Vega's fantastic homecoming/birthday gig at Highline last night -- highlights: "Left Of Center" with solo bass accompaniment, "Tom's Diner" twice (a cappella and DNA remix) --…   Read Story »

Where ya been, Suzanne? The songwriter behind the world's first perfected MP3 will release Beauty & Crime this July, her first album of original material since Songs In Red And Gray in '01. On first…   Read Story »

In Business Week's profile of Karlheinz Brandenburg (often cited as the inventor of the MP3) the mag traces the history and development of Microsoft's favorite audio file format and reveals that the…   Read Story »