From: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org (small-repairs-digest) To: small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Subject: small-repairs-digest V4 #26 Reply-To: small-repairs@smoe.org Sender: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk small-repairs-digest Saturday, February 19 2000 Volume 04 : Number 026 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [s-r] Shawn hosts ACL in March [Deb ] [s-r] Shawn and WFUV [Wa2suh@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 20:26:50 -0500 From: Deb Subject: [s-r] Shawn hosts ACL in March http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/programinfo/BAUCwomen.html >----- > >Program Information: >Women In Song: A Best of "Austin City Limits" Special > >PBS Premiere Date: March 1999 > > >Description >Women in Song The Best of Austin City Limits airs March 18, 2000, on PBS >(check local listings for exact date and time). >For just shy of a quarter-century Austin City Limits has showcased the most >respected songwriters in popular music, artists whose unique vision and >profound eloquence create timeless treasures in words and melody. >Introduced by Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin, Women in Song: >The Best of "Austin City Limits" delivers classic performances by the some >of the most esteemed female songwriters of the last decade and a half. >Women in Song The Best of "Austin City Limits" airs March 18, 2000, on PBS >(check local listings for exact date and time). Originally broadcast >throughout the '80s and '90s, these performances will reintroduce audiences >to songwriters who have distinguished themselves in the worlds of folk, >country, and rock music. Women in Song features Rosanne Cash ( "My Old >Man") and Carlene Carter ("Wildwood Rose"), respectively, the daughter and >step-daughter of the legendary Johnny Cash. Texans Tish Hinojosa >("Something In The Rain") and Nanci Griffith ("It's A Hard Life") are >represented, as is Suzanne Vega ("If You Were In My Movie") who began her >career as a full-fledged folk artist, before progressing into alternative >rock. > >Iris DeMent made her Austin City Limits debut in 1994, and her signature >tune "Our Town" is included on Women in Song. Also found on the compilation >are platinum-selling pop stars Mary Chapin Carpenter ("Never Had It So >Good") and Sheryl Crow ("A Change"). Lucinda Williams, who's recently >released album Car Wheels On A Gravel Road has received high praise for the >songwriting brilliance, is included with "Passionate Kisses" from her 1989 >Austin City Limits appearance. Finally, Women in Song includes Michelle >Shocked performing her tale of small town life "Memories Of East Texas," >newcomer Kim Richey singing 'I'm Alright" and recent Grammy-winner Shawn >Colvin playing her bittersweet "Round of Blues." > >Women in Song The Best of Austin City Limits preimered March 1999 on PBS. > >About the Host, Shawn Colvin With Steady On, her first release in 1989, >Shawn Colvin not only earned a Grammy for best contemporary folk recording, >but she also established herself as one of the most promising >singer/songwriters of her generation. > >Her ability to write heartfelt songs that strike so consistently close to >the heart of what is real and believable is in part due to her serious >approach to the craft of songwriting. As she told the Atlanta Constitution >in 1990: "I'm pretty precious about it. I get an idea, and once I know I >want it to work, I make it work. It takes me a lot of time, and I really >try to get it right." > >The South Dakota native bolstered her reputation with 1992's Fat City, and >followed it with Cover Girl in 1994. On this album, covers of songs by >luminaries including Bob Dylan, Sting, Steve Earle, and Tom Waits, Colvin >pays tribute to those she has looked to for inspiration from the time she >first picked up the guitar at age 10. > >It is on her fourth album A Few Small Repairs that Colvin's abilities >coalesce into a fully realized songwriting tour de force. She racks up two >more Grammy awards, Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, both for >the single "Sunny Came Home," and watches the album go platinum, giving her >commercial success far beyond her previous efforts. With well-deserved >critical acclaim now matched by impressive commercial success, Colvin >stands out among the new vanguard of women poised to take songwriting >excellence into the 21st century. Tune in to Women in Song: The Best of >"Austin City Limits" to see and hear the finest female composers of our time. > > >Song List: Women In Song - The Best of "Austin City Limits" > >Round of Blues - Shawn Colvin >My Old Man - Rosanne Cash >Wildwood Rose - Carlene Carter >Something In The Rain - Tish Hinojosa >It's A Hard Life - Nanci Griffith >If You Were In My Movie - Suzanne Vega >Our Town - Iris DeMent >Never Had It So Good - Mary Chapin Carpenter >A Change - Sheryl Crow >Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams >Memories Of East Texas - Michelle Shocked >I'm Alright - Kim Richey - -- Deb \\ indigo@mindspring.com \\ http://www.mindspring.com/~indigo - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 23:03:51 EST From: Wa2suh@aol.com Subject: [s-r] Shawn and WFUV Since WFUV plays Shawn regularly, I thought I'd let you know that WFUV, public radio from Fordham University is now broadcasting in streaming audio on the web. Go to the site, and click on the "Hear WFUV Now" icon. It comes through extremely clear. If you are a Shawn fan, you will love this great station. http://www.wfuv.org/ Larry - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. 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