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Show Thursday, March 13, 1997 Cohdn Remains -- Steady.. On" A b y e x I including Lucy Kaplansky, Jewel, and Shawn Colvin. live, you learn," but Colvin really has lived and offers elo- quent insight Colvin, who recently turned 40, took' the long road to sucSouth cess. Born in small-tow- n Dakota, Colvin 's family moved local chapter, tolerating decrepit living conditions and redundant day jobs. Slimy agents with' suspicious contracts approached Colvin, but she held out until 1988, when she signed with AG F Entertainment to record the Grammy-winnin- g debut, Steady On. Eight years and three albums i explained. "I feel more trust in Anytown High School's student newspaper to the New York ' Times. Morissette wails "you for Colvin, who lived on the same block as a Hell's Angels' t J say it, get it out," Colvin Comparing Colvin and Morissette is like comparing Greenwich Village music scene. It was not a glamorous time ( , Colvin admits that the album is the product of personal introspection and renewed straightforwardness. As I've written more songs, I've found it's okay to just make a statement just Morissette, Sheryl Crow) eclipsed more talented acts, time to songwriting, settling eventually in New York City, where she spent most of the '80s struggling in the crowded Jj ly cynical album. rs music early and began playing guitar at age 10. Later, Colvin dropped out of college to devote e a Few Small Repairs, is a powerful- woman" throughout the music industry. True, but the com mercial front-runne(Alanis . t, I? later, Colvin is still a maturing A , songwriter. Her latest disc, ast year was hailed at 'the year of the around Canada and the Midwest. Colvin discovered c k s o B r . . my feelings, less inclined to prove I know the craft, or to be clever, which is what you do when you first start out " Colvin recently divorced, but doesn't want Repairs to be seen as a "break-u- p album." It's hard not to feel Colvin's disillusionment, though, especially when she sings You act like a baby, you talk like a foolGet out of this bouseCo back to your mamaGo " back to high schoolGet out of this house. Repairs is full of dysfunctional males, but rises above gender-bashing. Colvin herself is not impregnable, and reveals some weaknesses of her own. On "If I Were Brave," her emo- tions churn and boil like stormy lake. ' Cynthia Lavine lotlii Rolling Stone's Top Ten Alternative Albums" list Repairs marks the of return Repairs d runs the gamut From the piano-balla- d Colvin's producI Were Brave" to the er John Leventhal, who produced Steady On, but .not smooth groove of "Suicide Alley," Colvin's other albums, Fat Colvin defies stereotypes. Colvin is currently touring on' City and Cover Girl. For g Leventhal of her "million-yea- r one shares tours," Repairs, which have developed a good repcredits on most of the album, and contributes guitars utation. When Lyle Lovett played and keyboards. last summer at Wolf Mountain, Colvin admits that Leventhal Colvin was scheduled to open but deserves a lot of credit for Repairs. didn't; several upset concert-goer- s There's a mutual satisfaction in wanted to know where she was. A recent Tune article, described what we do together that we somehow don't get by ourselves," Alanis Morissette as a "gargantuan, she admits. "And it's very kid sister" who "hovers above" unique neither one of us gets it Colvin. The article was right on. with anyone else." ' Morissette may be bigger (and Colvin is usually described as a louder), but Colvin is better. folk singer, but her music is diffShawn Colvin plays Monday, icult to classify. She has toured Mar. 31 at Kingsbury Halt. Call with Neil Young as well as Lyle SmithTix at 467-849-9 for tickets Lovett, and recently appeared in information. multi-talente- If song-writin- a Self-doub- ts a babyt she muses. Despite it's cynicism, Repairs not totally depressing. Colvin with Repairs Nothin' On Me," in which she sings. So in case you hadn't punctuates noticedI'm alrightNot like I was beforeThings used to be so hope' lessBut not tonightTonight I'm n walking out that door. surface. Is it something God left out in my spirit or my fleshWould I be saved if I were brave and had is 4 . Reunion Community Service Center Because we recognize Because building takes a (Jap between our. society's values and your current reality. r participation. f is worth it.. Because Because your time is valuaWo... :vv Because the ;.' "' ;' '''"''' ..'' v' '.'' "k' '( n Community is under construction.. You need to apply to be a , 199798 Dtudont Loador at the &enrion Center week-oSpring Quarter Applications will be available the first" ... f To learn more, call or 101 Student stop by the Bonnion Union, Visit our web site: 561-4S1- ' A Contor 1 . http:www.saff.utah.edub5nnion lo find solutions to pur communities9 problems, narrow the gap a- mm m -.( Li w |