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[starfallz]

Thanks to a wonderful gift from my mother, my father and I attended the Suzanne Vega performance at the Kentucky this past Tuesday.

She's touring for her new album, Beauty & Crime, and it was really wonderful to see her again. I've seen her twice before, the first time probably about 9 years ago on the same stage. A delight to listen to and always interesting to hear some of the stories behind her songs.

And being the dorkfan I am, I noted down the songs:

Tom's Diner
Marlene on the Wall
New York is a Woman*
Ludlow Street *
Caramel
Frank & Ava*
Gypsy
I'll Never Be Your Maggie May
Left of Center
Blood Makes Noise
Angel's Doorway*
Pornographer's Dream*
Bound*
Liverpool
Luka
Tom's Diner (remix style)

Encore:
Zephyr & I*
Queen and the Soldier
Rosemary

*new album

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It is more like Songs in Red and Grey, but not as heavy. The album is mostly about New York City in different ways. I find it lacking in the poetic descriptions though, a little two bare faced and the phrases repetitive. There are a few songs I find myself humming (Ludlow Street and Pornographer's Dream). I'm hoping she'll some day return to the more descriptive lyrics and that she's just working through some of her personal dramas.