And then it dawned on me, so I went to the refrigerator and started smelling everything I could. “My first thought was, ‘This is lousy pumpkin pie,’ ” she said. When she ate it, she realized she could not taste it. She attended an outdoor Thanksgiving gathering and was given pumpkin pie to take home. “That’s the point where it’s really tiring and I don’t have a lot of creative energy, so there were upsides to it,” she said. She has been writing songs and working on projects that are difficult to do on the road, she said. I ate better and exercised more and then I started trying to be creative.” “I got used to being at home, which was kind of a nice thing to not be on the road all the time. And then, of course, there was no work to be had for entertainers like me, so that was terrifying. The pandemic “was terrifying at first because nobody wanted to die,” she said. ![]() The cover of Shawn Colvin’s 1989 album, “Steady On.”Ĭolvin originally planned to perform Steady On as part of a 30th anniversary tour, but the shows were postponed because of the pandemic. She tells timeless tales of love, loss, struggle, defeat and overcoming addiction and depression. She is beloved by her fans, who, like me, have her songs encoded in their DNA and have been supported by her wise, weary and hopeful observations. She helped shape the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York in the 1980s, and 12 albums and one lauded memoir later, continues to create and connect. Inspired by her collaboration with producer, guitarist and co-writer John Leventhal, she found her songwriting voice and became a worldwide success through the songs she wrote for Steady On. I can feel things from back when I wrote them.”īorn in South Dakota, Colvin picked up the guitar at the age of 10, when her family lived in Carbondale, Ill., and largely taught herself how to play. “There are songs that are well done enough that I still like playing them,” she said. ![]() She appreciates that people find their own emotional stories in her songs. ![]() I feel like I wrote songs that were personal, but crafted well and accessible to other people.” The songs from Steady On, she says, continue to captivate her. She is one of those rare artists who do not need the adornment of a large production the album displays the brilliance of her talents with no distractions. The solo acoustic versions of her songs on Steady On 30th Anniversary Edition (2019) sound as fresh and evocative as they did on the original release. Tour stops will include City Winery in New York, April 26 The Outpost in the Burbs in Montclair, April 28 The Sellersville Theater in Sellersville, Pa., April 29 and The Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College in Toms River, April 30. She is celebrating the 33rd anniversary of her debut album Steady On by performing it in its entirety, plus other material, with only her voice and her acoustic guitar on her current tour. She delves deeply into rough waters through her well-crafted songs, elegant voice and superb musicianship. In a world that often encourages the denial of struggles and diminishes talented and powerful women, three-time Grammy winner Shawn Colvin’s poetic, insightful and intimate songs serve as an act of resistance and persistence.
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