And it is the home of a 1987 Suzanne Vega song “Tom’s Diner” that became a massive pop and dance hit in 1990 when British group DNA remixed it.

In the early years of her career, Suzanne Vega experienced two highly unlikely massive hits: her earnest folk song about an abused child (1987's "Luka") and her 1990 dance remix of a less earnest ...

In 1990, the British dance duo DNA remixed “Tom’s Diner” without Vega’s permission, coupling her vocals to a dance beat borrowed from Soul II Soul.

Suzanne Vega's career in music spans more than 25 years, so one could make the mistake of thinking of her recent albums of rerecorded originals as simple cash grabs, the product of an aging star ...

Despite growing up in New York City, singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega has a strong connection to Western Massachusetts. Over the years, she's played at Mass MoCA, at Barrington Stage Company, as part of ...

Suzanne Vega is a singer enjoying something of an encore now after years out of the musical spotlight. She shares her mementos of times good and bad with our Anthony Mason: In a trunk, under the ...

Building the mystery: Suzanne Vega on the cover of Beauty & Crime. Suzanne Vega’s face has appeared on the cover of every one of her eight albums. Often, she shows off her hands, too — which ...

Ironically, 1990's Days Of Open Hand was partially lost in the crowd of debuts by Vega's followers, the women of the "new folk movement" (among them Ani DiFranco, Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman ...

Suzanne Vega’s folk-rock storytelling went from the cafes of Greenwich Village to pop radio playlists in 1987, when “Luka,” a plainspoken yet unnerving first-person tale of child abuse ...