Nicholson Baker’s “The Fermata” In chapter 13 of Nicholson Baker’s “The Fermata,” a woman is listening to ‘Solitude Standing’ in her car. Later on, the song is played on a portable radio. There are several lyric quotes as well. In a 1993 interview, Nicholson Baker said, “I wrote ‘Fermata’ listening to Suzanne Vega, particularly her more »
Suzanne Vega: “The Mother of the MP3″? Suzanne has been referred to as the “Mother of the MP3″ as it was her voice that was used as the model for Karlheinz Brandenburg’s [pictured at right] compression algorithm. From Business 2.0 Magazine: “To create MP3, Brandenburg had to appreciate how the human ear perceives sound. A more »
“Caramel” Featured in Trailer for Film “Closer” Suzanne’s “Caramel” has been featured in the trailer to the Mike Nichols film “Closer” which opens today (December 3rd). The movie is described as “An intriguing story of passion, drama, love, and abandonment involving two couples, which only gets more complicated when the man from the first couple more »
On Beauty & Crime, Suzanne Vega’s Blue Note Records debut, the Manhattan native uses New York City as the backdrop for a collection of eleven new songs that juxtapose acoustic guitar-driven melodies with coolly synthesized beats; intensely personal lyrics with compelling, short story-like narratives; images of today’s scarred cityscape with memories of Vega’s old Upper West more »
