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Suzanne Vega faces the “Beauty and Crime” of New York

I’ve been a Suzanne Vega fan for a couple of decades. So I’m happy she’s everywhere right now, doing interviews to promote her new album Beauty & Crime (released today).

If all you know of Vega is her hit 1987 song “Luka” or that infernal remix of “Tom’s Diner,” you owe it to yourself to take another listen. Vega has never stood still musically — she’s probably tired of hearing words like “experiment” and “evolution” in reference to the many musical paths she has traveled.

Despite that adventurous nature, there have been few missteps in her long career. Sure, she seemed to stand back from the limelight for a while (she even opened for Ani DiFranco when it should have been the other way around). But just pick a random song to stream on her website and you’ll soon see (er, hear) that she’s always been nothing but solid. Even when she’s doing visionary things like performing in Second Life, she shows her acoustic folk roots and her dedication to careful songcraft. How many artists take the time during an

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