One World Theatre presents Suzanne Vega

When Suzanne Vega sat down at my dark, empty table at the Austin Music Awards last year, our look at one another read simply ... “Pay no attention to the entertainer in front of the curtain.” Onstage, she lit up like any NYC street poet. Livestreaming from Manhattan’s famed Blue Note Jazz Club, the singer partners on the show with independent venues and promoters in the U.S. and Europe to feed a comatose live music infrastructure, including her Austin host villa the One World Theatre. An Evening of New York Songs and Stories, her new album, also serves as the evening’s agenda with her trio. “Luka” and “Tom’s Diner” cohabit with a Big Apple repertoire featuring “New York Is My Destination” from Lover, Beloved: Songs From an Evening With Carson McCullers, Vega’s one-woman play. $20. – Raoul Hernandez