Shawn Colvin

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Shawn Colvin discusses her new album "These Four Walls" and what it's like working her new record label, Nonesuch Records.

Aiding and abetting the writing, production and recording of the new album was her new label, Nonesuch Records, a nurturing, artist-friendly Warner Bros. subsidiary whose roster includes Ry Cooder, the Black Keys, k.d. lang, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Emmylou Harris and Seattle's Bill Frisell and Laura Veirs.

"It's really a music label, not a money label," Colvin said. "I met everyone who worked at the company in one room. So there's a big difference right there. The three guys who started it -- and they're still with the label -- have been there for 25 years. And that's not about to change. And there's nobody there in the background deciding to 'shake it up.'

Read more at the Seattle Pi A tip of the hat to LargeHeartedBoy for the scoop.