Shawn Colvin

I first saw singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin at the Lincoln Theatre in 2003, when she was swapping songs and stories with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Griffin, and Dar Williams. Since then, I’ve seen her a couple more times with Carpenter, and at the 2016 XPoNential Music Festival (with Steve Earle). While she attracted music-industry notice relatively early in her career – her debut album Steady On won a Grammy in 1991 for Best Contemporary Folk Album – she didn’t really come to the attention of the wider public until she hit the top 10 in 1997 with “Sunny Came Home”, which went on to win both Record of the Year and Song of the Year Grammys the following spring.  Her 15 minutes of national fame ended quickly, however, as that was her only song to hit the U.S. Hot 100.

 

While Colvin writes most of her own material, she’s also good at reinterpreting songs by others, as one of the titles below suggests.

 

Favorite songs:

The Facts About Jimmy

Whole New You

Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic

Shotgun Down The Avalanche

I Don't Know Why

Round Of Blues

Get Out Of This House

A Matter Of Minutes

Sunny Came Home

Polaroids