Conversation: Shawn Colvin Looks Back in New Memoir
For more arts coverage, visit Art Beat: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/ "Diamond in the Rough" is the name of a 1989 hit song from Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin's first album, "Steady On." Now, it's the name of a new memoir she's just released. Jeffrey Brown talks to the musician.
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Shawn Colvin - I Don't Know Why + interview [2-1-93]
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Shawn Colvin recalls conflict with partner Steve Earle
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She Was Trying to Cut It With Scissors and The Grass Was Taller Than My Mowers
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Shawn Colvin Austin City Limits 1991
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Shawn Colvin at Paste Studio NYC live from The Manhattan Center
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Glory Hole Girl-Skye
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Shawn Colvin - Shotgun Down The Avalanche (with Alison Krauss)
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Shawn Colvin, "Steady On," on Letterman, February 6, 1990 (stereo)
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Shawn Colvin - "Matter Of Minutes" (Live From Home)
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Shannon McNally's The Sacred & The Profane - Shawn Colvin
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Someday (words & music by Steve Earle, sung by Shawn Colvin & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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Bruce Hornsby & Shawn Colvin, "Lost Soul," on Letterman, September 11, 1990
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Shawn Colvin @The City Winery, NY 11/6/17 I Want It Back
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Shawn Colvin, "Sunny Came Home" on Late Show, July 15, 1997 (st.)
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Shawn Colvin - Round of Blues [1992]
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