Word: vegas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Claim: "The Council sponsored two well-attended concerts by Jimmy Cliff and Suzanne Vega. Harvard now has an excellent reputation in the entertainment industry, if it should wish to have more concerts in the future...
...Council sponsored two well-attended concerts by Jimmy Cliff and Suzanne Vega. Harvard now has an excellent reputation in the entertainment industry, if it should wish to have more concerts in the future...
...raucous, carefully heedless style opened the way for the Hothouse Flowers, the Proclaimers and the Waterboys, three of the best bands working the newly fertile field of electric folk. The Pogues redirected and redefined a tradition that even such disparate talents as Tracy Chapman, the Indigo Girls and Suzanne Vega are working to excellent effect. Mind you, listening to MacGowan blister his way through Young Ned of the Hill or White City will not bring a fond smile to folkies who prefer their music mild, like a cup of chamomile, or foursquare, like a sermon on a six-string. MacGowan...
...became more aware of the potential pitfalls of the position," Lee says. "I also learned that Suzanne Vega isn't as popular as I thought she was," he adds, commenting on a council-sponsored concert which lost approximately $20,000. About the same time, a heated debate about Reserve Officers Training Corps also hindered council proceedings and tarnished Lee's image...
...council discloses that its spring concert, featuring Suzanne Vega, lost $20,000 because it failed to sell out 3000-seat Bright Arena. Council officials blame the ROTC crisis for cutting short advertising...