Sarah White - Sweetheart SongForSophia 2010-10-14 | Sweetheart, if you knew the pace at which you fall from grace you'd slow down.Sweetheart, if you knew the pace at which you fall from grace you'd come down.Sweetheart, what you need to know it's me that will keep us apart.'Cause my heart doesn't really want to know All that pain you hold in your heart.So leave, take what you need, Go with good speed, the traffic is light.So go, take what you feel, You need to be real, I'll make it just right.Sweetheart, you think I'm giving up. You think I 'm waking up right on time.If my heart to you was worth a dime You'd roll me every time.So leave, take what you need, Go with good speed, the traffic is light.So go, take what you feel, You need to be real, I'll make it just right.So leave, take what you need, Go with good speed, the traffic is light.So go, take what you feel, You need to be real, I'll make it just right.-- Sarah White was born in Warrenton, Virginia, and relocated as a child to Monroe County, West Virginia. When she returned to Virginia she became involved with the growing music community in Charlottesville and played in several bands towards the end of the 90's (White Trash Cookin', Pat Nixon, Miracle Penny). At the time the record label Jagjaguwar was based out of Charlottesville (before moving to Indiana to merge with Secretly Canadian) and released her first solo album in 1997, a collection of lo-fi four-track recordings made over a 3-year period dubbed All My Skies Are Blue.In 2000, she released her second album, also on Jagjaguwar, entitled Bluebird which was more melodic and was recorded in a studio. The record garnered her a wide range of positive reviews and comparisons to artists like Cat Power and Edith Frost. Later that year she recorded and self-released Pickin' Strummin' And Singin'... The Versatile Sarah White which was a collection of early country standards and traditional songs.After remaining fairly quiet for the next several years, Sarah White returned with a new band, Sarah White & the Pearls, in 2004 with the self-released You're It EP which focused even further on melodic writing and incorporated the more traditional folk and country song structures. In 2006 she completed her next full-length album with The Pearls, White Light, which was released by Antenna Farm Records. She also performs with Sían Richards in the Acorn Sisters.
Shawn Colvin & Neil Finn - What I Get Paid For (Live - 107.1 KGSR Broadcast) SongForSophia 2021-03-29 | As featured on the album: Pop 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin Broadcasts Vol. 7 (1999). I especially like this live and acoustic version. Enjoy! Don't forget to subscribe for more eclectic folk-gems to be uncovered ... --The music and part of the lyrics of "What I Get Paid For" were written by Neil circa 1985. In the tape archive, there's a 4-track demo of overdubbed acoustic guitars and voice. On the tape, it comes after an aborted attempt to write music for an Air New Zealand ad.Shawn resided in Austin, Texas and has guested there with Neil at 2 shows on the "Try Whistling This" tour. On the first occasion she dueted on "Private Universe" and "Weather With You".The second occasion was on the short acoustic tour Neil did with a guest performer in each city - Shawn was the guest in Austin and joined Neil and Liam for a handful of songs, one of which was "What I Get Paid For".She had also played the song with Neil live to air on KGSR prior to the show, and generally raved about Neil's songwriting and explained how they met and collaborated during the interview Neil and she did.As far as I recall she first performed with Neil when he dueted with her in Auckland at one of her shows.She's certainly been a fan for years, and as has been mentioned, has covered "Four Seasons In One Day" with Mary Chapin Carpenter on a VH1 TV Special, and has recorded "Private Universe" for one of KGSR's "Broadcasts" compilation CDs a few years ago, and has often thrown a Crowded House cover into her sets.
Lucy Kaplansky & Shawn Colvin - Heart on Ice, live at The Bottom Line, May 10th 1986 SongForSophia 2015-02-02 | A gorgeous duet between noted singers Shawn Colvin & Lucy Kaplansky recorded at The Bottom Line.The Bottom Line was a popular folk music venue in Greenwich Village during the 1970s—1990s. For this recording, Fast Folk Musical Magazine drew on performances from a show recorded on May 10, 1986. This is a companion recording with volume 3, number 7, of the magazine.--As I sit in the all night diner You return to your easy chair You awake to your work and your woman And I'll dream that it's me lying there You can look in my eyes but you'll never know There's an ache inside that I never show A defensive device Meant to keep my heart on ice I keep my heart on ice I chill my holy soul I shield my fragile eggshell love From attack during the groundswell I'll act the part so well I'll play my finest role But the furies take their toll and their price Is to keep my heart on ice As I sit in the all night diner You leaned back in your nightclub seat I went out with two friends and a stranger With a laugh and a pang of defeat But I looked in your eyes as I turned to go Was there something there that you couldn't show A defensive device Meant to keep your heart of ice You keep your heart on ice you chill your holy soul You shield your fragile eggshell love From attack during the groundswell You act the part so well you'll play your finest role But the furies take their toll and their price Is to keep my heart on ice As I sit in the all night diner I was thinking of you at the bar And the smiles and the jests and the whispers As I watched once again from afar But I looked in your eyes and I never knew Did I read you wrong did I misconstrue The defensive device I will keep my heart on ice I keep my heart on ice I chill my holy soul I shield my fragile eggshell love From attack during the groundswell I'll act the part so well I'll play my finest role But the furies take their toll and their price Is to keep my heart on iceReferences: http://www.folkways.si.edu/shawn-colvin-and-lucy-kaplansky/heart-on-ice/american-folk/music/track/smithsonian
Jenny Owen Youngs - Since U Been Gone SongForSophia 2011-07-29 | Recorded almost four years ago, at the time she covered Nelly's "Hot In Here" but only recently surfaced. Get the track here: http://jennyowenyoungs.bandcamp.com/track/since-u-been-gone
Mirah - Dont Go SongForSophia 2010-10-19 | Don't goDon't take yourself away from me tonight'Cause we know the only time we both feel alrightIs when you're lying next to me holding me tightYou say you'll think about me for two hours in the carIn some ways it is and also isn't very farI'll sit at home listenin' to Friday night pass byAnd while you're at that party i'll think about you and sighDon't goDon't take yourself away from me tonight'Cause we know the only time we both feel alrightIs when you're lying next to me holding me tightThere's all these things about you shine a love light on my heartIt's nice to think about 'em on these nights when we're apartI like the way your hair is getting' shaggy and kinda longIt goes really good with that new tough jacket you've got onDon't goDon't take yourself away from me tonightJust stay here on the sofa with me or i mightJust pick you up and pin you down, alrightI can't wait till our next dateWe'll walk around and stay up lateWe'll go to the mini-martWe'll kick stones 'cross the empty lot--A cute, live version of Mirah singing Don't Go as it appears on the Small Sale EP.
Kathleen Edwards - What Are You Waiting For SongForSophia 2010-10-01 | All the things I triedMistakes made in my old lifeI picked you up that nightAll my wrongs don't make you rightSilence reminds meI'm a secret too dirty to keepAnd we're such a familiar sightI gave you my word and it cost your lifeWhat are you still hiding? Are you even trying?Why have you come, what are you waiting for?All the words you hadPlanted seeds inside your headJust waiting on a rainy dayWell I'm standing soaking and you still can't sayAll the dreams you hadIt's been years and you're still madYou say you like me in your memoryYou've got to be fucking kidding meWhat are you still hiding? Are you even trying?Why have you come? What are you waiting for?And we drive through the old neighbourhoodAll the corners where we stoodAn hour passes you don't even blinkI'm writing you off and you still can't speakWhy have you come? What are you waiting for?-By Kathleen Edwards, taken from the 2005 album "Back To Me". Born July 11, 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario, a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her blend of country, folk and pop music made her a favourite of music critics, and a rising star on radio in 2003 with her debut album, Failer.
