Live Review: Shawn Colvin @ The Birchmere — 11/29/18

Posted on 12/04/2018 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged folk, Illinois, Shawn Colvin, The Birchmere.

Shawn Colvin (Photo provided by Press Here)

For her show on Thursday at The Birchmere, Shawn Colvin appeared immaculately dressed. As she discusses in her 2012 memoir, Diamond in the Rough, she loves clothes. In the book, she says, it’s a lucky thing that her daughter does too, as they will constitute most of her daughter’s inheritance.

Don’t Miss: Shawn Colvin @ The Birchmere, 11/29/18

Posted on 11/21/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged folk, Illinois, Shawn Colvin, The Birchmere.

Shawn Colvin (Photo courtesy Paradigm Agency)

Shawn Colvin released The Starlighter, a new album of songs adapted from the children’s music book “Lullabies and Night Songs,” earlier this year via Amazon Music. Now, the folk siren heads to The Birchmere for a performance on Thursday, Nov. 29.

Snapshots: The Lantern Tour @ Warner Theater — 10/25/18

Posted on 11/02/2018 by Ari Strauss in Live Review and tagged alt-country, Americana, bluegrass, charity, Emmylou Harris, folk, Jackson Browne, Jerry Douglas, Lila Downs, Shawn Colvin, Steve Earle, The Lantern Tour, Warner Theatre.

Jackson Browne performs at the Warner Theatre for The Lantern Tour on Oct. 25, 2018. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

Several singer-songwriters gathered at the Warner Theatre recently for a common cause, the belief that all human beings have basic human rights, no matter who they are or where they are in the world.