WS549: Judy Collins

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DATE : Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:19:58 -0500
Entered in Database : 2009-11-16 21:19:58
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JUDY COLLINS is one of the major interpretive singers in the world. She launched her recording career at the age of 22 with her 1961 guitar-based folk debut A Maid of Constant Sorrow, has been going with her gut ever since she released 1966’s lushly orchestrated In My Life, which featured such songwriters as Jacques Brel and Kurt Weill. On her 1967 album, Wildflowers, she began to record her own compositions and earned her first gold record and major hit, the Grammy-Award winning “Both Sides Now.” By the 1970s, she was known for her versatility and range, scoring hits with both the traditional Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” and Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway ballad “Send In the Clowns,” which also earned her a Grammy Award in 1975. Over the years, Collins has continued to release albums, including several beloved Christmas records in the ’90s, as well as 2005’s Portrait of An American Girl, which featured several of her own compositions. Aside from her music, Judy is a modern-day Renaissance woman who is a long time social activist, an accomplished painter, actor, filmmaker, record label head (Wildflower Records founded in 1999), in-demand keynote speaker for mental health and suicide prevention organizations and author. Her latest CD is Judy Collins Sings Lennon & McCartney on Wildwood Records. It’s her 44th album in her 47 year career and features 12 classic tracks from the Beatles’ colossal catalog. WoodSongs is very honored to have this living legend for a Special Event Broadcast where Judy will be the sole artist on the show.

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