Madison Square Park music series announced, with Suzanne Vega kicking it off
The Madison Square Conservancy has just announced the line-up for their annual free outdoor concert series that runs Wednesday evenings from June 19th to August 7th on the oval lawn. Kicking it off is Susan Vega on June 19th (7-8:30pm). Vega is probably best known for her 80′s songs Tom’s Diner and Luca, but has continued on as a singer/songwriter/storyteller to this day.
Here is the full summer schedule:
- Wednesday, June 19th (7-8:30pm): Susan Vega (Singer/Songwriter)
- Wednesday, June 26th (7-8:30pm): Anat Cohen Quartet (Jazz from clarinet and saxophone player Anat Cohen)
- Wednesday, July 3rd (6-8:30pm): The Grascals (bluegrass band from Nashville), Joy Kills Sorrow (Boston-based string band)
- Wednesday, July 10th (7-8:30pm): Rene Marie’s “Experiment in Truth” (Blues, Soul, Jazz vocalist)
- Wednesday, July 17th (7-8:30pm): Ben Sollee (Acoustic rock, jazz from the cellist and singer/songwriter)
- Wednesday, July 24th (6-8:30pm): Dafnis Prieto Sextet (Latin Jazz) & Yosvany Terry Quintet (Cuban Jazz)
- Wednesday, July 31st (6-8:30pm): Erin McKeown (folk-rock singer/songwriter), Lake Street Dive (Jazz pop)
- Wednesday, August 7th (7-8:30pm): Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk (Funk, Blues)
Here is a video of Susan Vega performing Tom’s Diner:










