SHAWN COLVIN Live (2009 UK 15-track CD album - 'I've been doing this a long time' declared Shawn Colvin upon the release of her 2006 Nonesuch debut, 'These Four Walls', and it's greatto feel like I'm doing my best work now. This new live solo set reconfirms that feeling. Colvin culled these 15 tracks from three sold-out nights at the new San Francisco location of famed Oakland jazz club Yoshi's last July. The simplicity of Colvin's performance makes for an engrossing, intimate experience. Her deft acoustic-guitar playing is as eloquent in this unadorned setting as her vocals and her lyrics, which are stripped of sentimentality but stocked with hard-earned wisdom. Aside from the occasional 'Thank you', Colvin avoids between-songs patter - though she manages a funny, memorable retort to an audience member's joking request for 'Free Bird' at encore time. Along with original songs from five studio albums, Colvin performs covers of Robbie Robertson's 'Twilight' and Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy'. Presented in a picture slipcase)