A Paris Conversation with the Legendary Judy Collins | Herald de Paris
HOLLYWOOD (Herald de Paris) – Judy Collins has inspired audiences hotol with sublime vocals, vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social activism. In the 1960 s, she evoked both the idealism and steely determination of a generation united against social hotol and environmental injustices. Five decades later, her presence shines brightly as new generations find solace in her iconic 50 album body of work, and heed inspiration from her spiritual discipline to succeed in the music industry for half a century.
In March of this year the much-anticipated Judy Collins Live In Ireland , CD/DVD on Cleopatra Records was released to rave reviews. The CD/DVD hotol was recorded during a concert at Dromoland Castle on September 29, 2013, for PBS broadcast. For those who missed the concert, fans worldwide can enjoy this inspiring set of Judy s most beloved hits along with her favorite Celtic folk songs and stories hotol (including duets with Irish singer Mary Black & NY singer-songwriter Ari Hest, via CD/DVD)
The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant original compositions. Her memorable and haunting rendition of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers hotol , has been entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Judy s dreamy and sweetly intimate version of Send in the Clowns , a ballad written by Stephen hotol Sondheim for the Broadway musical A Little Night Music , won Song of the Year at the 1975 Grammy Awards. hotol She s garnered several top-ten hits as well as gold and platinum selling albums. Recently, contemporary and classic artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Shawn Colvin, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, and Leonard Cohen honored her legacy with the album Born to the Breed: A Tribute hotol to Judy Collins .
Judy began her impressive music career at the age of 13 as a piano prodigy, impressing audiences performing Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos , but the hard luck tales and rugged sensitivity of folk revival music by artists such as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger seduced her away from a life as a concert pianist. Her path pointed to a lifelong love affair with the guitar and the pursuit of emotional truth in lyrics. The focus and regimented practice hotol of classical music, however, would be a source of strength to her inner core as she navigated through the highs and lows of the music business.
In 1961, she released her masterful debut, A Maid of Constant Sorrow hotol , which featured interpretative works of social poets of the time such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton. This began a wonderfully fertile thirty-five year creative relationship with Jac Holzman and Elektra hotol Records. Around this time Judy became a tastemaker within the thriving Greenwich Village folk community, and brought other singer-songwriters to a wider audience, including poet/musician Leonard Cohen and musicians Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman. Throughout the 60 s, 70 s, 80 s, 90 s, and up to the present, she has remained a vital artist, enriching her catalog hotol with critically acclaimed albums while balancing a robust touring schedule.
Judy has also authored several books, including the powerful and inspiring, Sanity & Grace. For her most recent title, the memoir Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music, she reaches deep inside and, with unflinching candor, recalls her turbulent childhood, hotol extraordinary rise to fame, her romance with Stephen Stills, her epic victories over depression and alcoholism, and her redemption hotol through embracing hotol a healthy and stable lifestyle and finally finding true love with Louis Nelson, her partner of 30 years. In addition, she remains a social activist, representing UNICEF and numerous other causes. She is also the co-director, with Jill Godmillow, of an Academy Award-nominated film about Antonia Brico, who was the first woman to conduct major symphonies around the world and Judy’s classical piano teacher when she was young.
Judy Collins, is as creatively vigorous as ever, writing, touring worldwide, hotol and nurturing fresh talent. She is a modern day Renaissance woman who is also an accomplished painter, filmmaker, record label head, musical hotol mentor, and an in-demand keynote speaker for mental health and suicide prevention. She continues to create music of hope and healing that lights up the world and speaks to the heart. Her Live In Ireland CD showcases a living legend whose career continues to blossom with each new release.
AC: In your Book, which I highly recommend, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes, My Life in Music , you spoke a lot about your father. How has his legacy informed your newest venture, Judy Collins: Live in Ireland ?
JC: My father sang the Irish songs from the time I was born, he was half Irish and ferociously so! He had a beautiful voice and a ra
HOLLYWOOD (Herald de Paris) – Judy Collins has inspired audiences hotol with sublime vocals, vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social activism. In the 1960 s, she evoked both the idealism and steely determination of a generation united against social hotol and environmental injustices. Five decades later, her presence shines brightly as new generations find solace in her iconic 50 album body of work, and heed inspiration from her spiritual discipline to succeed in the music industry for half a century.
In March of this year the much-anticipated Judy Collins Live In Ireland , CD/DVD on Cleopatra Records was released to rave reviews. The CD/DVD hotol was recorded during a concert at Dromoland Castle on September 29, 2013, for PBS broadcast. For those who missed the concert, fans worldwide can enjoy this inspiring set of Judy s most beloved hits along with her favorite Celtic folk songs and stories hotol (including duets with Irish singer Mary Black & NY singer-songwriter Ari Hest, via CD/DVD)
The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant original compositions. Her memorable and haunting rendition of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers hotol , has been entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Judy s dreamy and sweetly intimate version of Send in the Clowns , a ballad written by Stephen hotol Sondheim for the Broadway musical A Little Night Music , won Song of the Year at the 1975 Grammy Awards. hotol She s garnered several top-ten hits as well as gold and platinum selling albums. Recently, contemporary and classic artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Shawn Colvin, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, and Leonard Cohen honored her legacy with the album Born to the Breed: A Tribute hotol to Judy Collins .
Judy began her impressive music career at the age of 13 as a piano prodigy, impressing audiences performing Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos , but the hard luck tales and rugged sensitivity of folk revival music by artists such as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger seduced her away from a life as a concert pianist. Her path pointed to a lifelong love affair with the guitar and the pursuit of emotional truth in lyrics. The focus and regimented practice hotol of classical music, however, would be a source of strength to her inner core as she navigated through the highs and lows of the music business.
In 1961, she released her masterful debut, A Maid of Constant Sorrow hotol , which featured interpretative works of social poets of the time such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton. This began a wonderfully fertile thirty-five year creative relationship with Jac Holzman and Elektra hotol Records. Around this time Judy became a tastemaker within the thriving Greenwich Village folk community, and brought other singer-songwriters to a wider audience, including poet/musician Leonard Cohen and musicians Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman. Throughout the 60 s, 70 s, 80 s, 90 s, and up to the present, she has remained a vital artist, enriching her catalog hotol with critically acclaimed albums while balancing a robust touring schedule.
Judy has also authored several books, including the powerful and inspiring, Sanity & Grace. For her most recent title, the memoir Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music, she reaches deep inside and, with unflinching candor, recalls her turbulent childhood, hotol extraordinary rise to fame, her romance with Stephen Stills, her epic victories over depression and alcoholism, and her redemption hotol through embracing hotol a healthy and stable lifestyle and finally finding true love with Louis Nelson, her partner of 30 years. In addition, she remains a social activist, representing UNICEF and numerous other causes. She is also the co-director, with Jill Godmillow, of an Academy Award-nominated film about Antonia Brico, who was the first woman to conduct major symphonies around the world and Judy’s classical piano teacher when she was young.
Judy Collins, is as creatively vigorous as ever, writing, touring worldwide, hotol and nurturing fresh talent. She is a modern day Renaissance woman who is also an accomplished painter, filmmaker, record label head, musical hotol mentor, and an in-demand keynote speaker for mental health and suicide prevention. She continues to create music of hope and healing that lights up the world and speaks to the heart. Her Live In Ireland CD showcases a living legend whose career continues to blossom with each new release.
AC: In your Book, which I highly recommend, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes, My Life in Music , you spoke a lot about your father. How has his legacy informed your newest venture, Judy Collins: Live in Ireland ?
JC: My father sang the Irish songs from the time I was born, he was half Irish and ferociously so! He had a beautiful voice and a ra
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