Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes Farewell Tour

with Bruce Cockburn

For nearly six decades and across 55 iconic albums, Judy Collins has inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social activism. Her stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” won the 1969 Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance, her sweetly intimate version of Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” was the Grammy’s Song of the Year in 1975, and her interpretation of “Amazing Grace” was inducted by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry.

This summer, the inimitable Collins comes to The Ford as part of her Farewell Tour, named cleverly for Stephen Stills’ hit “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” from Crosby, Stills & Nash’s 1969 self-titled album. Collins’ 29th studio album and the only one of entirely original songs, Spellbound, showed “her piano runs are glorious, her voice still as pure as mountain air” (The Guardian) and was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

The “ethereal, blue-eyed folksinging legend” (The New Yorker) is joined by 13-time Juno Award winner Bruce Cockburn, “a Canadian treasure, [who] writes such thoughtful, pointed songs that it’s easy to overlook what a guitar virtuoso he is” (The New York Times) for an evening of soul-touching folk by a pair of iconic musical storytellers.

Tickets: https://my.theford.com/en/syos2/performance/12189