Short Biography

Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter and musician. Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the University of Illinois campus. Colvin cites Joni Mitchell as a primary influence on her music, and her initial performances reflected that.

Colvin lives with her daughter, Caledonia, in Austin, Texas, and still participates in the Austin music scene. She supports liberal causes and has played benefit concerts for candidates of the Democratic Party. She is also a supporter of the Texas Public Interest Research Group. Her brother Geoff is an editor at large with Fortune, and hosted the post-Louis Rukeyser version of Wall $treet Week until its June 2005 cancellation.

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