Suzanne Vega is another of those artists that I was familiar with by name, but wasn't entirely sure I'd heard any of her music (though from a quick look on wikipedia, I see now that I know her song 'Luka').
The sound is quite simple: Vega with her acoustic guitar and voice. One of her producers was Patti Smith's guitarist so it's maybe not surprising that the guitar is brought front and centre here. Drums are either incredibly subtle or (in a few songs) non-existent, and then other than some unobtrusive synth and guitar overdubs, it is all just Suzanne.
Interestingly, the song "Undertow" sounds like it might have been borrowed from quite liberally by Gotye for his hit "Somebody that I used to know."
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