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Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin

born on 10/1/1956 in Vermillion, SD, United States

Shawn Colvin

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Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. While Colvin has been a solo recording artist for nearly 30 years, she is perhaps best known for her 1997 Grammy-winning song, "Sunny Came Home".

Early life

Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota, and spent her youth in Carbondale, Illinois and London, Ontario, Canada.[1] She is the second of four children.[2] She learned to play guitar at the age of 10[1] and grew up listening to her father's collection of music, which included artists such as Pete Seeger and the Kingston Trio.[3]

Career

Colvin moved to Austin, Texas and joined a Western swing band called the Dixie Diesels. She then entered "the folk circuit in Illinois and Berkeley", California[4] before straining her vocal cords and taking a sabbatical at the age of 24.[1]

Colvin relocated to New York City, joining the Buddy Miller Band in 1980[2] and later became involved in the Fast Folk cooperative of Greenwich Village.[5]

While participating in off-Broadway shows such as Pump Boys and Dinettes[1] she was featured in Fast Folk magazine, and in 1987, producer Steve Addabbo hired her to sing backup vocals on the song "Luka" by Suzanne Vega.[1][4]

After touring with Vega,[4] Colvin signed a recording contract with Columbia Records[1][4] and released her debut album Steady On in 1989. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.[1] Colvin's second album Fat City was released in 1992 and received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. Her song "I Don't Know Why" was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Female Pop Vocal category.[1] In 1993 she moved back to Austin and in 1994 released the album Cover Girl.[4] In 1995 Colvin released her album Live 88 a collection of live recordings from 1988.[6]

In 1996, Colvin released her album A Few Small Repairs and in 1997 the success of her single "Sunny Came Home" catapulted her into the mainstream after spending four weeks at the number one spot on the Adult Contemporary chart.[1][7] The song won the 1998 Grammy Awards for both Song and Record of the Year.[1] Colvin released the album Holiday Songs and Lullabies in 1998 and in 2001 released another album called Whole New You. In 2004, she released a compilation of past songs called, Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection.[1]

In 2008, Colvin left Columbia Records and released a 15-song album called These Four Walls on her new label, Nonesuch Records, which featured contributions by Patti Griffin and Teddy Thompson.[8] In 2009 she released Live, which was recorded at the jazz club Yoshi's in San Francisco, California.

Colvin's eighth studio album, All Fall Down, was released in 2012 and was produced by Buddy Miller at his home studio in Nashville, Tennessee. The album featured guest appearances by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Jakob Dylan.[1] Colvin published her book of memoirs, Diamond in the Rough, in 2012.[9] In 2016 she recorded an album with Steve Earle called, Colvin and Earle.[10][11][12] For the 20th Anniversary of A Few Small Repairs the album will be reissued and Colvin will be embarking on the A Few Small Repairs 20th Anniversary Tour

Colvin has made vocal contributions to songs by James Taylor, Béla Fleck, Edwin McCain, Shawn Mullins and Elliott Murphy and collaborated with Sting on the song "One Day She'll Love Me".[1] Colvin played the voice of character Rachel Jordan on the TV show The Simpsons[13] and lent her vocals to Mary Chapin Carpenter's 1992 recordings, "The Hard Way" and "Come On Come On".[14]

Personal life

Colvin has been married twice, first to Simon Tassano in 1993[15] whom she divorced in 1995, and to photographer Mario Erwin, whom she married in 1997 and divorced in 2002.[16] She gave birth to daughter Caledonia in July 1998.[17]

Awards and recognition

Americana Music Honors & Awards

Year Album/Track Category Result
2016 Herself Americana Trailblazer Award Won

Grammy Awards

Year Album/Track Category Result
1991 Steady On Best Contemporary Folk Album Won
1994 "I Don't Know Why" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
Fat City Best Contemporary Folk Album Nominated
1995 Cover Girl Best Contemporary Folk Album Nominated
1997 "Get Out of This House" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
A Few Small Repairs Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated
1998 "Sunny Came Home" Record of the Year Won
Song of the Year Won
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
2009 Shawn Colvin Live Best Contemporary Folk Album Nominated
  • Video Premiere Award Nomination
    • 2001: Best Original Song – "Great Big World" (The Little Bear Movie) [1]

Discography

Albums

  • Steady On (1989)
  • Fat City (1992)
  • Cover Girl (1994)
  • A Few Small Repairs (1996)
  • Holiday Songs and Lullabies (1998)
  • Whole New You (2001)
  • These Four Walls (2006)
  • Shawn Colvin Live (2009)
  • All Fall Down (2012)
  • Uncovered (2015)
  • Colvin and Earle with Steve Earle (2016)
  • The Starlighter (2018)

DVDs

  • Music In High Places - Live In Bora Bora (2002)
  • Polaroids: A Video Collection (2004)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Woodstra, Chris Shawn Colvin Biography All Music, retrieved May 25, 2012
  2. ^ a b Colvin, Shawn (2013). Diamond in the Rough. William morrow. p. 22. ISBN 0061759597. 
  3. ^ Hogg, Karen. Guitar Styles: Women In Rock. Workshop Arts Inc. p. 12. 
  4. ^ a b c d e Koster, Rick (2000) First St. Martin's Griffin, Texas Music page 219, retrieved May 25, 2012
  5. ^ Hochman, Steve. "A Folk Stylist Hangs on to Intimacy Artist: Shawn Colvin", Los Angeles Times, November 26, 1989; accessed June 5, 2009.
  6. ^ Vladmir, Bogdanav (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop and Soul. Backbeat Books. pp. 240–241. 
  7. ^ Lowe, Jaime (2008). Digging for Dirt: The Life and Death of Odb. Faber and Faber Inc. 
  8. ^ "Live", Nonesuch.com.
  9. ^ "Surviving a Struggle with a Sense of Hope". Retrieved April 10, 2014. 
  10. ^ Guarino, Mark (June 16, 2016). "Steve Earle and Shawn Colvin: nine divorces, two addictions, one perfect mix". The Guardian. London, UK. Retrieved November 8, 2016. 
  11. ^ Green, Michelle (June 23, 2016). "Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle: Two Old Pals on the Road Together". New York Times. New York City. Retrieved November 8, 2016. 
  12. ^ Leahey, Andrew (March 31, 2016). "Hear Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle's Dark 'You're Right (I'm Wrong)'". Rolling Stone. New York City. Retrieved November 8, 2016. 
  13. ^ Cuddihy, Kevin (2005). Christmas's Most WantedTM. Potomoc Books Inc. 
  14. ^ Woodstra, Chris (2008). Contemporary Country. Backbeat books. p. 21. 
  15. ^ "Shawn Colvin Biography". Retrieved September 10, 2013. 
  16. ^ "NNDB Shawn Colvin". Retrieved September 10, 2013. 
  17. ^ Robert Wilonsky (April 5, 2001). "A Real Mother". Dallas Observer. Retrieved November 6, 2017. 

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