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Shawn Colvin (b. January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota and spent her youth in Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10 and gave her first public performance at the Southern Illinois University campus when she was 15. Shawn began working in the music scene in earnest in the late 1970s, first in Austin, Texas and then nationally. She moved to New York City in 1980, where she became involved with the Fast Folk cooperative in Greenwich... MORE

Shawn Colvin (b. January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota and spent her youth in Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10 and gave her first public performance at the Southern Illinois University campus when she was 15. Shawn began working in the music scene in earnest in the late 1970s, first in Austin, Texas and then nationally. She moved to New York City in 1980, where she became involved with the Fast Folk cooperative in Greenwich Village. She met music partner John Leventhal during this time; Leventhal became Colvin's producer on several albums. Colvin often lends her talent to contemporaries in the music business; she can be heard singing the backing vocals on the Suzanne Vega hit, "Luka". Vega returned the favor, singing backup on Colvin's "Diamond In The Rough", from her debut album, Steady On. Early in their careers, Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter formed a friendship that led to their frequently guesting on one-another's recordings: Colvin lent her vocals to Carpenter's 1992 recordings "The Hard Way" and "Come On Come LESS