Suzanne Vega

My girlfriend and I went to see Suzanne Vega at the Carling Academy in Glasgow last night - what an excellent show. Her voice on her albums isn't particularly strong (although perfectly suited to the songs she sings), but in real life she has excellent projection. It was a shame that there wasn't more new material - it was mostly her well-known numbers along with a smattering from her newest album: Songs In Red and Gray. She did an excellent cover of Behind Blue Eyes during the main concert, and another cover of The Look of Love during the encore. I was a little disappointed that she didn't say something along the lines of 'And now, we're going to do a song from our upcoming new album', but I guess there's no new album imminent. That's a shame... I think I may be wearing out the ones I have currently. The disappointment was only slight, however - the fact that she sung an entire chorus of 'The Look of Love' while staring directly at me was more than enough to make up for that.

There is however a feature length documentary coming out - I guess that will have to satisfy me for now.

We were front-row, center stage - a mere five feet from Suzanne herself... she doesn't have much in the way of a 'stage act', but her voice is so beautiful and her songs are so powerful that she is thoroughly mesmerising when she sings. She is an immensely talented woman, and if you have a chance to catch her show at any point in the future, I wholeheartedly recommend it. I will certainly be first in line to see her again the next time that she's in Scotland.