In pop-music circles, Suzanne Vega is known almost entirely for two songs from the late 1980s: the child-abuse ballad “Luka“ and a song that launched literally dozens of dance remixes, “Tom’s Diner.“ But Vega has been making vital, inventive music the entire time — much of it folk-based, though her sound has taken many smart detours along the way — and is about to put out her first album of original material in seven years, Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles. The challenge, then, lies in capturing a snapshot of her career in only four songs.
For this Tiny Desk Concert — performed with her brilliant guitarist and producer, Gerry Leonard — Vega splits the difference evenly between old and new, bookending her set with the aforementioned classics and tucking two about-to-be-released songs in the middle. Game and good-spirited throughout, Vega performed “Luka“ and “Tom’s Diner“ as if she hadn’t played them thousands of times before — aided grea
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