I’ll admit it. I am a huge Suzanne Vega fan. I think she has produced some of the most inventive music in my collection, and her waif-like, breathy voice is one that I can listen to over and over again. In this article on the New York Times website she discusses her current branding as a “two-hit wonder.” The two hits are both from Solitude Standing, namely “Luka” and “Tom’s Diner.” I actually came to love Vega’s work from her 99.9 F album that came out several years later. I still listen to it regularly and often play bass with it, since the lines are so clean. In any case, I retroactively got into her previous work and eventually made the connection between the Natalie Merchant-esque Vega from 99.9 and the one presented on Solitude Standing. A great read overall. It’s awesome to hear an artist actually comment on these labels that the media applies to them.
