Career
She has recorded numerous solo albums, and has also recorded with other female folk artists under the name Four Bitchin" Babes. She has also put together several compilation albums of contemporary folk artists, including her latest Just One Angel, 22 singer/songwriters singing Christmas/Hanukah/Solstice/New Year"s songs including actor Jeff Daniels, Grammy-winners Janis Ian and Julie Gold, and the Guitar Manitoba Of Central Park David Ippolito. She is known for her sense of humor, which is expressed in both her music and her onstage performances.
Many of her songs alternate between emotional reflections on romance and outright comedy.
One of Lavin"s songs, "Regretting What I Said to You When You Called Maine 11:00 On a Friday Morning to Tell Maine that at 1:00 Friday Afternoon You"re Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs, Hail a Cab to Go Out to the Airport to Catch a Plane to Go Skiing in the Alps for Two Weeks, Not that I Wanted to Go With You, I Wasn"t Able to Leave Town, I"m Not a Very Good Skier, I Couldn"t Expect You to Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You for Three Years I Director of Nursing"T Like Surprises!! Subtitled: A Musical Apology" is notable for its long title. lieutenant is the eighth song on her 1984 album Future Fossils, and is 3:04 (3 minutes and 4 seconds) lougitude
Lavin worked at Caffe Lena in Saratoga, New York, until Dave Van Ronk convinced her to move to New York City and make a career as a singer-songwriter. She followed his advice and accepted his offer of guitar lessons.
Lavin was the original host of Sunday Breakfast on WFUV in New York City.