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Flying With Angels
''Flying with Angels'' is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was released on May 2, 2025, through Cooking Vinyl. The album was produced by guitarist and longtime collaborator Gerry Leonard. It is Vega's first album of all-new material since 2014's '' Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles''. Describing the album's lyrical content, Vega stated: "Each song on the album takes place in an atmosphere of struggle. Struggle to survive, to speak, to dominate, to win, to escape, to help someone else, or just live." The first single from ''Flying with Angels'', entitled "Rats", was released on September 17, 2024. The album was announced on March 4, 2025, alongside the release of its second single, "Speakers' Corner". "Chambermaid" and "Alley" were the last two singles. Track listing Note: "Chambermaid" is an adaptation of " I Want You", written by Bob Dylan, with additional lyrics by Vega and additional music by Vega and Leonard. Personnel Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega ( Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter of Folk music, folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans 40 years. In the mid-1980s and 1990s she released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the UK, "Marlene on the Wall", "Left of Center (Suzanne Vega song), Left of Center", "Luka (song), Luka" and "No Cheap Thrill". "Tom's Diner", which was originally released as an ''a cappella'' recording on Vega's second studio album, ''Solitude Standing'' (1987), was remixed in 1990 as a dance track by English electronic music, electronic duo DNA (duo), DNA with her vocals, and it became a Top 10 hit in five countries. The original ''a cappella'' recording of the song was used as a test during the creation of the MP3 format. The role of her song in the development of the MP3 compression prompted Vega to be given the title of "Honorific nicknames in popular music#mp3-mother, The Mother of the MP3". Vega has released ten studio albums; her mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooking Vinyl
Cooking Vinyl is a British independent record label, based in Acton, London, England. It was founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and his business partner Pete Lawrence. Goldschmidt remains the current owner and chairman, while Rob Collins is managing director. History 1986–1992 Cooking Vinyl was set up in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and distribution manager Pete Lawrence, who initially ran the business as a part-time venture out of a spare room in Goldschmidt's council house in Stockwell, South London. In 1986 Cooking Vinyl recorded an impromptu live performance around a campfire at a folk festival by the singer Michelle Shocked, on a Sony Walkman with fading batteries. One of its first releases, Cooking Vinyl released the recording as The Campfire Tapes, and it sold 250,000 copies worldwide. In 1989, the company was close to bankruptcy when their distributors, Rough Trade Records, Rough Trade, went into rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Leonard
Gerry Leonard (born 26 February 1962) is an Irish guitarist known for his harmonic and ambient guitar style and for his work with David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, Duncan Sheik and many others. He has a solo project called Spooky Ghost. He lives in New York. Early life Leonard was born and raised in Clontarf, Dublin. He played in bands as a teen and was influenced by a mixture of Led Zeppelin, punk, post-punk, and whatever was playing on ''Top of the Pops''. He worked as a tape operator in Lombard Sound Studios; one of his jobs involved recording a demo tape by a 16-year-old Sinéad O'Connor. Career As a producer, Leonard has also worked on albums for Donna Lewis ('' In the Pink''), Ari Hest (''The Fire Plays''), Donnie Mortimer (''Ten Eventful Years''), Czech band Čechomor (''Mistečko''), and Pamela Sue Mann. When discussing Leonard's contribution to her album ''L'Oeuf'', Laurie Anderson said, "I've always been a fan of Gerry Leonard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Evening Of New York Songs And Stories
''An Evening of New York Songs and Stories'' is a live album by the American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was recorded in March 2019 at Café Carlyle on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. This recording was released on September 11, 2020. The album features longtime collaborator Gerry Leonard on guitar, Jeff Allen on bass, and Jamie Edwards on the keyboard. Track listing # "Marlene on the Wall" – 4:19 # " Luka" – 3:10 # "Conversation: So how many people are here from out of town?" – 0:45 # "New York Is a Woman" – 3:16 # "Conversation: This next song takes place on 59th Street..." – 0:39 # "Frank and Ava" – 2:43 # "Conversation: So I myself came to New York City when I was 2½ years old..." – 0:27 # "Gypsy" – 4:28 # "Freeze Tag" – 2:53 # "Pornographer's Dream" – 3:39 # "Conversation: This next song is called New York Is My Destination..." – 0:22 # "New York Is My Destination" – 3:20 # "Conversation: The first time I saw Lou Reed..." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles
''Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles'' is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. Released in February 2014, it was Vega's first album of new material in seven years. The album features contributions from Larry Campbell and Tony Levin (bassist from King Crimson and Peter Gabriel). Although Vega's music had been sampled by various artists in the past, the album contains Vega's first own attempt at sampling with the track "Don't Uncork What You Can't Contain" which includes interpolations from 50 Cent's 2005 song "Candy Shop". The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 37, the first time one of Vega's studio albums reached the UK Top 40 since 1992. It received generally favorable reviews. The album appeared under Vega's own label, Amanuensis Productions, and was distributed by Cooking Vinyl. In 2014 the album was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 20,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs From An Evening With Carson McCullers
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
