New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Nonesuch Records) Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriters
Shawn Colvin and
Steve Earle announce a special run of tour dates together this March: "Songs and Stories, Together Onstage," in which they share the stage for a night of song swapping, duets, storytelling, and guitar playing. These two longtime friends and mutual admirers will share music from their extensive catalogues as well as some of their favorite songs by other classic songwriters. The tour kicks off at Carnegie Library
Music Hall of Homestead outside Pittsburgh on March 18, followed by stops in Bethlehem, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Troy, Boston, and Philadelphia. See below for all of the currently announced dates; for additional details and ticket links, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour . Additional dates in Durham, Nashville, and Richmond will be added next week.
Shawn Colvin's latest album, All Fall Down , released on Nonesuch Records in 2012, is her eighth studio album and the first to be produced by her longtime friend and cohort
Buddy Miller. Recorded in Nashville, it features a group of stellar musicians including Alison Krauss,
Emmylou Harris , Bill Frisell , and Jakob Dylan. The album's release was simultaneous with the publication of her memoir, Diamond in the Rough . Both the CD and book are available to purchase in the Nonesuch Store .
Steve Earle's 15th studio album, The Low Highway , was released in 2013 and features the Grammy-nominated song "Invisible." Earle is recognized as an actor from his roles in the acclaimed HBO series The Wire and Treme as well as appearances on Law & Order and the Tim
Blake Nelson film Leaves of Grass . He will be seen in the forthcoming feature film The World Made Straight . He is also host of The
Steve Earle Show: Hardcore Troubadour
Radio , on
Sirius XM Radio. Earle can be heard on the 2010 Nonesuch release of
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love song cycle, performing the song "A Perfect Hand."
SHAWN COLVIN &
STEVE EARLE ON TOUR, MARCH 2014
Mar 18 - Carnegie Library
Music Hall of Homestead Munhall, PA
Mar 19 - Musikfest Café Bethlehem, PA
Mar 22 - Hilbert Circle Theatre Indianapolis, IN
Mar 23 - Symphony Hall Atlanta, GA
Mar 27 - Troy Savings Bank
Music Hall Troy, NY
Mar 28 - Berklee Performance Center Boston, MA
Mar 29 - Keswick Theatre Glenside, PA.
