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This program is made possible through a generous grant from Mitch Blutt (C'78 M'82 WG'87) and Margo Blutt.
Suzanne Vega (born Suzanne Nadine Vega, 11 July 1959, Santa Monica, California) is an American singer-songwriter noted for her eclectic folk-inspired music. She lived most of her life in New York City, attending the New York City High School of the Performing Arts (the school seen in the feature film musical Fame), where she studied modern dance. While attending Columbia studying English, she penned many songs and performed in the Greenwich Village area. She was discovered in 1984, releasing her eponymous debut the following year. Her sophomore effort, Solitude Standing, garnered critical and commercial success including two hit singles: "Tom's Diner" and "Luka."
Beauty & Crime, her seventh album, was released in June 2007, which went on to win a Grammy for Best Engineered Album. Inspired by the city where Suzanne grew up and still currently resides, Beauty & Crime revolves around Suzanne's experiences in New York. Vega has a daughter, Ruby Froom, with her ex-husband Mitchell Froom. In early 2006, Vega married Paul Mills, a lawyer and a poet.
Rosanne Cash is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter. Her eleven record albums, released over the last twenty years, have charted eleven number-one singles. She has earned numerous accolades for songwriting and performance. Cash recorded her first US album, Right Or Wrong, in 1979. In the following 10 years, Cash released Seven Year Ache, which yielded both country and crossover hits, Rhythm and Romance, a widely-acclaimed fusion of country and pop and King's Record Shop, which generated four number one singles. She was named Billboard's Top Singles Artist in 1988. The early 1990s saw the release of the critically-acclaimed, highly personal albums Interiors and The Wheel. 10 Song Demo, a stark, minimally-produced "home" recording, was released in 1996. Her recent album Black Cadillac has been named one of Best Albums of 2006 by The New York Times, Billboard, NPR, etc.
Her first book, Bodies of Water (Hyperion, 1995), received widespread critical acclaim, as did her children's book, Penelope Jane: A Fairy's Tale (HarperCollins, 2000). Her essays and fiction have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Oxford-American, New York Magazine, and various other periodicals and collections.
Rosanne Cash lives in New York City with her husband, John Leventhal, and her children.
The Pennsylvania Gazette wrote about the program in their July/August 2007 issue. An audio recording of the event is available for download or immediate listening: MP3
