- Won two Grammy Awards in 1998 for Record of the Year and Song of the Year ("Sunny Came Home")
- Started out playing with Austin-based Dixie Diesels. Moved to New York City in 1980. Big break came singing backup on a Suzanne Vega tour in 1997.
- Graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.
- Wrote song "Orion in the Sky" about then-boyfriend (and now-ex-husband) Simon Tassano.
- Daughter Caledonia Jean-Marie Erwin born in Austin, Texas. (July 24, 1998)
- She went to high school in Carbondale, Illinois.
- Competes in triathlons.
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