SUZANNE VEGA TO RELEASE NEW CD, FIRST SINCE 2001

Suzanne Vega, one of the most distinctive and successful female singer/songwriters of the past 20 years, was in the studio last month recording her Blue Note debut. Since her last album was released in 2001, Vega has been writing new material in her signature style of poetry meets pop. There is an intriguing theme of New York City interwoven into many of the new songs and the album will feature her folk aesthetics along with string orchestrations and electronic beats on certain tracks. The album is being produced by Jimmy Hogarth, the talented UK-based upstart who has recently helmed recordings for Sia, James Blunt, Corinne & KT Tunstall. They resume recording and mixing in London in the New Year