Suzanne Vega
Alt-folk, techno-folk, neo-folk, contemporary folk, indie folk. Songs on the acoustic guitar that mix with the technology of the day. Suzanne Nadine Vega (born July 11, 1959) is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music. Suzanne Vega was the first major figure in the bumper crop of female singer/songwriters who rose to prominence during the late '80s and '90s. Her hushed, restrained folk-pop and highly literate lyrics (inspired chiefly by Leonard Cohen , as well as Lou Reed and Bob Dylan ) laid the initial musical groundwork for what later became the trademark sound of Lilith Fair (a tour on which she was a regular). Moreover, her left-field hit single "Luka" helped convince record companies that folk-styled singer/songwriters were not a thing of the past after all, paving the way for breakthroughs by Tracy Chapman , Michelle Shocked , Shawn Colvin , Edie Brickell , the Indigo Girls , Sinéad O'C