JUDY COLLINS | ONE SHOW ONLY | 8 MARCH

JUDY COLLINS
Live In Concert
Thursday 8 March 2012

With Special Guest - DANIEL CHAMPAGNE

Nearly half a century ago, Judy Collins entered a recording studio in New York . She had an acoustic guitar with her and a voice that would later be described variously as liquid silver and as the language of amethysts. Thus began a career that has continued to enchant and galvanise music lovers around the world.

With a string of greatest hits that includes Leonard Cohen's Suzanne, Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now, Stephen Sondheim's Send In the Clowns (for which Judy received the 1975 Grammy Award for Song Of The Year), and the hymn Amazing Grace. Judy was also instrumental in bringing the music of Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman to a wider audience.

Judys social history has always been linked with her musical history, from civil rights and protests against the Vietnam War in the 1960s, through to her current championship of UNICEF and Amnesty International. A published author, accomplished painter, film director, in-demand keynote speaker for mental health and suicide prevention, and a tireless champion of fresh talent, Judy Collins remains a relentlessly unstoppable force.

With a career spanning more than 40 albums, including gold and platinum sellers, numerous Top 10 hits and multiple Grammy nominations, Judy Collins continues to claim her legendary status, creating music that lights up the world and speaks to the heart.

Now The Concourse is delighted to bring Judy Collins to an intimate performance at our Theatre to promote her new album Paradise.

Paradise, "a life-affirming gem of a record" [The Sun,UK ], is a collection of songs with universal themes, desires, and cries of a human being searching for paradise here on earth. The album features Collins' take on songs from the likes of Jimmy Webb, Tom Paxton, Joan Baez, Tim Buckley and Stan Jones, as well as duets with Joan Baez and Stephen Stills.