'I'm really honored that he thought I was up to the task. She and Leventhal experimented with new textures and styles on the album, and she tried new ways to use her voice - inspired by 'One Day She'll Love Me,' a song she sang with Sting on the soundtrack of Disney's 'The Emperor's New Groove.' Among other songs on the disc are 'Anywhere You Go,' a sprightly pop song, and the rocking, upbeat title cut, which is also the first single.

'Whole New You' includes several songs about becoming a mommy at age 42, including 'Matter of Minutes,' about how her life was changed the moment Caledonia Marie was born 'Bound to You,' dealing with the lifetime commitment of parenthood and 'I'd Say I'm Sorry Now,' in which Colvin apologizes in advance for any parenting mistakes she may make. We started from scratch and just wrote everything together.

He just gets better and better, and gets more and more (ideas). tomorrow, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, $42-$75, 20, 'That has a lot to do with John Leventhal (husband of Rosanne Cash), who produced the record. Shawn Colvin, Train and John Hiatt & the Goners, 7 p.m. 'KMTT's Seventh Annual Earthday-Birthday Concert' 'It was just one of those projects where the solutions were just not that easily found,' she explained. It was hard for Colvin to think of anything else. 'But the record took a year!'įollowing up on her 1996 smash 'A Few Small Repairs' - which included 'Sunny Came Home,' Grammy winner for record and song of the year - proved to be difficult not only because of the pressure to duplicate that success but also because the baby proved a distraction. 'The birth thing only lasted a few hours,' she said by phone from New York. In the past two years, Shawn Colvin had a baby and recorded a new album.

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