Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin
will perform together Sunday, Nov. 17, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The 7 p.m. performance is presented by UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $45, $55 and $65, with $10 student tickets. For tickets, call the ASC Box Office at 205-975-2787 or visit AlysStephens.org.
UAB Visual and Performing Arts members may receive $10 off two single tickets. UAB faculty and staff may receive $15 off two single tickets. A limited number of student, member, and faculty/staff tickets are available.
Carpenter and Colvin — longtime friends for more than 30 years — will appear on stage together as an intimate acoustic duo, swapping songs and sharing stories, on a series of tour dates this fall. These special shows will feature the acclaimed songwriters’ performing material from their vast catalogs, as well as some of their favorite songs.
Carpenter and Colvin previously toured together in 2013 to the delight of both fans and critics.
Audiences were invited to share the artists’ “living room” as they played music and traded quips in a warm, comfortable setting inspired by the duo’s long-lasting camaraderie.
Carpenter’s songs speak to the most personal of life’s details and the most universal. Her most recent release, “Sometimes Just the Sky,” a celebration of her acclaimed 30-year recording career, features new versions of some of the singer’s most beloved songs plus one newly penned track.
Colvin won her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album with her debut album, “Steady On,” in 1989. She has been a mainstay of the contemporary folk music scene ever since, releasing 12 superlative albums and establishing herself as an enduring talent. Colvin was recognized for her career accomplishments when she was honored with the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Trailblazer Award by the Americana Music Association. In September, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of “Steady On,” Colvin released a special, newly recorded all-acoustic version of that landmark album.