Day 23, Christmas music Judy Collins looks Away in a Manger Posted by linkmeister on 15 December 2017, 8:31 pm Ms. Judy Collins sings “Away in a Manger” from her 1994 album “Come Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas”. It’s beautifully sung, with spoken readings from the Gospel as well. Collins is still touring, by the …
First posted in December 2015. Given the major storm system moving from west to east on the Mainland, Judy Collins (with Tyne Daly!) singing about the bleak midwinter seems appropriate. This is from her 2007 “All On A Wintry Night” album. It’s pretty spare; the only instruments are piano and possibly harpsichord, but with Collins’ …
Ms. Judy Collins sings “Away in a Manger” from her 1994 album “Come Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas”. It’s beautifully sung, with spoken readings from the Gospel as well. Collins is still touring, by the way. She just finished a joint tour with her long-ago inamorata Stephen Stills promoting their joint album “Everybody Knows.”
We all know the history, right? Stephen and Judy were “an item” for some time in the Sixties, and Stephen wrote “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” for/about her. It appeared on the first Crosby Stills & Nash album and was released as a single in 1969. All these years later they’ve teamed up on a lovely …
This comes from a 1999 compilation album entitled Sing America. It’s very good, but I can’t help thinking it was clearly released before the last 17 years of argument about what America is and what it should be, which has now brought us to Trump. Here’s the track listing: 1. Fanfare For The Common Man …
Silver Bells: Judy Collins This is my favorite Christmas song sung by one of my favorite singers. I was buying Judy’s albums at the same time I was buying Beatles’ albums. She and Joan Baez had the clearest sopranos of the folk era. I saw her play at the University of Arizona Main Auditorium, probably …