May 28th, 2008 · When he began in the early '70s, Phillips offered a rare combination: He's both a talented musician and a stand-out vocalist. Phillips has always stayed one step ahead of the curve, while remaining just below the radar. He plays old and new songs in a session from WXPN.
Apr 21st, 2008 · Travis Shawn Hill wanted to prove you don't need a major record label to put out an album... or a band, for that matter. Using a home computer and a couple of microphones, the singer-songwriter from Santa Cruz, Calif. wrote and recorded more than a dozen songs in February and posted them online for this year's RPM Challenge. The album he came up with is called A Bright Wind, featuring the infectiously upbeat song "Sing."
Mar 5th, 2007 · Composer Allen Shawn lives a phobic life. He doesn't like heights, bridges, tunnels, subways, elevators, open spaces or closed spaces. "The degree of my self-preoccupation is appalling," he writes in a new book.
Feb 20th, 2007 · Composer and writer Allen Shawn is the author of the new memoir, Wish I Could Be There. The book documents his many phobias. Shawn is deathly afraid of a lot of things, including heights, water, fields, parking lots and unknown streets.
Oct 21st, 2006 · Singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin has quit a lot of things over her 25-plus-year career. She's quit drinking, tackled depression and ended a marriage. And for three years, the Grammy winner quit writing, too. But her creative dry spell is over.
Sep 26th, 2006 · Shawn Colvin appears just as comfortable alone on stage with her guitar as she does with a full band to back her up. With her wide range of musical talents, Colvin moves seamlessly from quietly emotional ballads to upbeat anthems.
Mar 14th, 2006 · The latest project from playwright David Mamet teams him up with Sean Ryan, who created the FX series The Shield. The pair's new show is The Unit, about a covert military unit.
Mar 14th, 2006 · Eclectic singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins named his new CD after the New Orleans studio where he recorded it: 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor. A tribute to the studio forced to move to Kansas by Hurricane Katrina.