Shawn Colvin At the State Theatre on October 25th

Grammy award winner Shawn Colvin, whose new album "Thses Four Walls" debuted this summer, will be performing on Saturday, October 25th at 7:30 p.m. at the State Theatre in downtown Eau Claire. This amazing performance will be in conjunction with Women Rock, a breast cancer awareness event held at the Ramada on the same day. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

 The first song Shawn Colvin completed for "These Four Walls" was wistful "Summer Dress," which opens with Colvin singing over the austere strum of a lone acoustic guitar, then builds into a lilting folk-rock arrangemtn. "Summer Dress" could be a veild recouting of the picaresque route Colvin herself took to hard-earned solo stardom, from her South Dakota birthplace to the Southern Illoinois college town where she was raised, to the bars and clubs of Boston and New York City, where she first attracted a following. Then again, it might be an artfully composed fiction about escaping a small town or running after love, a postcard from a youthful time when freedom seemed like a mere bus ticket or car ride away. Whatever its origins, the emotional and musical pull of "Summer Dress"-along with the rest of These Four Walls - is powerful.

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Shawn Colvin’s performance at the State Theatre is sponsored by Charter Meadia and Clear Channel Radio. The Eau Claire Regional Arts Center is able to present a season of national touring shows at the State Theatre thanks in great part to the generosity of area business sponsors and members. For more information on sponsorship and membership, call 715.832.ARTS.