In a performance that was part of The Music Hall’s aptly titled “Intimately Yours” concert series, singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega returned to The Music Hall on Saturday, Aug. 26 for a night of her incomparable folk-pop songs.

Dressed in a casual black suit and cap and accompanying herself on guitar, with the subtle and unobtrusive bass playing of Mike Visceglia adding the right amount of depth, Vega took the audience on a journey through her musical world. Her songs tell stories of love (“The Queen and The Soldier”), life experiences (“In Liverpool”) and her love for New York City (“New York Is a Woman”) and everyday people (“Heroes”).

Vega’s warm soprano voice puts listeners at ease while drawing them in, and she blends her guitar work nicely, never overpowering the lyrics of her songs, yet adding to the emotional power of the music. On several selections, Vega’s daughter, Ruby Froom, provided superb supporting vocal work that fit right into the soft character of the evening.

Vega, whose name is synonymous with her longtime hits “Luka” and “Tom’s Diner,” is credited with the groundbreaking reintroduction of the singer/songwriter genre to mainstream music in the 1980s. Pulling from two decades of experience, on Saturday she offered a complete show to the appreciative crowd, and her humorous anecdotes between songs gave the room a relaxed, living room feel. Introducing “I’ll Never Be Your Maggie Mae,” she related how the song was partially influenced by Rod Stewart’s song “Maggie Mae” then commenced a verbal riff about Stewart’s romantic proclivities. She introduced “Heroes” by describing it as “a major key song about being disappointed….” Introducing the newer “Unbound,” Vega noted, “This is really a song about a plant. But, the plant serves more as a metaphor for digging in and growing.” And prior to “Gypsy,” Vega told a story of her brief, unsuccessful career as an Avon Lady: “I wasn’t into wearing make-up and liked wearing fatigue pants at the time, which didn’t bode well for my success at that particular job.”

She also showed her versatility in her encore of the Rogers & Hart standard “Have You Met Miss Jones,” with the words altered to “Have You Met Sir Jones.” Her voice works beautifully in this repertoire. It would be interesting to hear her record some standards, putting her spin on the old songs.

The warm-up duo of Robby Baier and Newmarket’s own Dave Tronzo played a short, pleasant set of music that blended alt-folk and pop with a touch of hip-hop. Guitarist Tronzo displayed a remarkable sense of imaginative creativity in his subtly colorful accompaniment to Baier’s tunes. It was a nice opening to a classy and superb show.