Suzanne Vega's BACK This time with her Blue Note Records debut Beauty & Crime, a sultry homage to the urban femme fatale that juxtaposes acoustic guitar-driven melodies with cool synthesised beats; intensely personal lyrics with compelling, short story-like narratives of today's scarred city scape, drawn from Vega's memories of old Upper West Side 'hood and Lower East Side haunts. A revealing look into Vega's continual evolution as songwriter and recording artist.