![]() I don’t think I did such a great job, but I was learning. And at the time we were working on pretty straight-ahead pop songs. But it really had to do with John Leventhal who had music but not lyrics and invited me to write some lyrics to his music. ![]() And I did pick some of them up later and finished them after I got my legs under me as a songwriter. Essentially, I did write some songs when I was younger I’d worked on songs a little bit in the late 70s but I didn’t really consider them to be anything of note. How did you get your sea legs as a songwriter? 30-31 performances at The Birchmere, shows celebrating the 20th anniversary edition of A Few Small Repairs. Yet her struggles are also what make her music original and unapologetic, with lyrics that resonate and a voice that artfully weaves between strength and fragility.Ĭolvin spoke with us in advance of her Oct. After studying her craft in the music halls of Austin, Texas, and New York City, she released her debut album, Steady On, in 1989. That initial work won Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 1991 Grammys, but it was “Sunny Came Home” off of 1996’s A Few Small Repairs that brought her mainstream recognition (and two more Grammys).Ĭolvin’s past is rife with challenges-including two divorces, drug addiction, alcoholism, anorexia and depression-much of it becoming fodder for her honest and self-deprecating 2012 memoir, Diamond in the Rough. From humble beginnings in 1960s South Dakota, Shawn Colvin has become an indefatigable and fearless singer-songwriter with 10 studio albums under her belt.
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