Shawn Colvin is a three-time Grammy winning and ten-time Grammy nominated American singer/songwriter with eight albums to her credit. As one of the leading lights of the so-called “new folk movement” that began in the late ‘80s with female contemporaries Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, and the Indigo Girls, she set herself apart with a diverse musical approach and a personal, pop-influenced style. Her debut record, Steady On, released in 1989, won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. Colvin’s 1992 sophomore effort, the more pop-oriented Fat City, earned her two more nominations, as well as considerable critical praise and a growing crossover audience. It was her 1997 single, “Sunny Came Home,” that earned her two Grammy Awards for Record and Song of the Year and firmly catapulted her into the mainstream, with A Few Small Repairs becoming her first album to reach platinum status. During the new millennium, Colvin has releasedthree solid albums of original material and a live retrospective recording, as well as collaborating on projects with musical icons the likes of James Taylor, Sting, and Bela Fleck.
Local musician Logan Vath will open Thursday’s show at the Naro. Vath is a Nebraska native who has lived in Norfolk since 2007 and has recently released his debut album, “Better Man or Ghost.”
