Toni Childs

Suzanne Vega was only the tip of the iceberg. Vega hauled the female-singer-songwriter
genre into the Eighties, sold records, even got on the radio and on MTV. She was
successful because she made smart music, not because she looked good in a miniskirt or
sold herself in shopping malls or had a smart man in the shadows. But you could still
pigeonhole her: you know, another sensitive, poetic girl singer. So now it's time... More >