Suzanne Vega at The Bitter End

Village Preservation is pleased to partner with musician and author Richard Barone for his revitalized new series, VILLAGE NIGHTS, coming to the Bitter End nightclub with four unique events in 2026. Each event will focus on a specific decade of the Village’s musical history, featuring legendary musical guests and panel discussions with noted journalists, authors, and historians.Part of The Bitter End’s 65th Anniversary celebration, these events promise to be as educational and informative as they will be entertaining. “Village Nights” is also part of Village Preservation’s yearlong “Revolutionary Village” series in 2026, which celebrates the contributions that Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo made to American history in the course of the nation’s 250 years. Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s...

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Village Preservation is pleased to partner with musician and author Richard Barone for his revitalized new series, VILLAGE NIGHTS, coming to the Bitter End nightclub with four unique events in 2026. Each event will focus on a specific decade of the Village’s musical history, featuring legendary musical guests and panel discussions with noted journalists, authors, and historians.Part of The Bitter End’s 65th Anniversary celebration, these events promise to be as educational and informative as they will be entertaining. “Village Nights” is also part of Village Preservation’s yearlong “Revolutionary Village” series in 2026, which celebrates the contributions that Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo made to American history in the course of the nation’s 250 years. Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, Vega sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 40 years ago.Of her recent release, Flying With Angels, Rolling Stone proclaimed, "Four decades after her new-waif debut, Suzanne Vega retains her knack for lucid reflections and crisp music to match... Her voice remains both knowing and observant,” and naming it one of 2025’s best albums. 

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