Suzanne Vega

04/10/85 • 18 min

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Suzanne Vega visited SNAP in April 1985 for her second-ever live radio appearance. Ahead of her now-classic self-titled debut album, Vega offers perfectly rendered takes of songs from that record, as well as an early appearance of one of her most iconic numbers.

An essential and long-unheard document of Vega at a crucial moment in her early career.

An essential and long-unheard document of Vega at a crucial moment in her early career.

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