Shawn Colvin is 51. Hard to believe looking at her sat on stage at the Empire. She delivers a 75 minute set with 15 minute encore filled full of her beautifully crafted folk-pop. The Set draws mainly from her excellent current record, These Four Walls and her Grammy award winning A Few Small Repairs. [I must confess I would personally have liked a bit more from Whole New You and Steady On - still yearn to hear Something To Believe In live].
Highlights in the main set included: Fill me Up; Wichita Skyline and of course Sunny Came Home. In the encore you could not fault her very entertaining cover of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy and wonderful rendition of Amy Grants's If These Walls Could Speak.
This was the second time I had seen Colvin having previously seen her support Mary Chapin Carpenter (a great gig by the way). Good value.
Also worthy of a mention was the support act Jack Savoretti, a 22 year old whipper-snapper who with singer-songwriters back being 'cool' could become a huge star. He seems amiable, is good looking enough for the ladies, and write a pretty decent tune or two too. One to watch.
Highlights in the main set included: Fill me Up; Wichita Skyline and of course Sunny Came Home. In the encore you could not fault her very entertaining cover of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy and wonderful rendition of Amy Grants's If These Walls Could Speak.
This was the second time I had seen Colvin having previously seen her support Mary Chapin Carpenter (a great gig by the way). Good value.
Also worthy of a mention was the support act Jack Savoretti, a 22 year old whipper-snapper who with singer-songwriters back being 'cool' could become a huge star. He seems amiable, is good looking enough for the ladies, and write a pretty decent tune or two too. One to watch.
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