Blues Bear Hawaii presents Singer-Songwriter and Folk Music Icon Judy Collins. Judy is on tour in support of her latest release “Strangers Again” a collection of duets with some of her favorite male artists, including Don Mclean, Michael McDonald, Jeff Bridges, Willie Nelson & Jackson Browne. ”These are guy’s that I adore & respect” “I have dreamed of playing with them” Judy Collins has inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable song writing, 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 and environmental injustices. Five decades later, her luminescent presence shines brightly as new generations bask in the glow of her iconic 50-album body of work, and heed inspiration from her spiritual discipline to thrive in the music industry for half a century.

Check Her Out:

Honoka’a Peoples Theater

45-3574 Mamane St. Honokaa 96727

Venue: 808-896-4845 

Tickets:  $45. Gen.   $65. Gold Circle (Gold Circle Sold Out)

Doors: 6:00 pm. Show: 7:00 pm. 

Mamiya Theatre / Saint Louis Center For The Arts

3142 Waialae Ave.  Honolulu, Hawaii  96816

Venue: 808-739-4886

Tickets: $45. Gen. $65. Gold Circle

Doors: 6:00 pm. Show: 7:00 pm. 

Kauai: www.bluesbearawaii.com (Gold Circle) Kauai Music & Sound - Kapaa, Hanalei Music & Strings - Hanalei, Scotty’s Music - Lihue, Progressive Expressions - Koloa, Jacqueline On Kauai - Hanapepe

Maui: MACC Box Office 808-242-SHOW (7469) or at mauiarts.org

Big Island: www.bluesbearhawaii.com (Gold Circle) Sound Wave Music, Kona Music Exchange - Kailua Kona; Kiernan Music - Old Town Kainaliu; Waimea General Store - Parker Square, Kamuela; Top Stich - Honokaa; CD Wizard, Hilo Ukulele & Guitar, Hilo Music Exchange: Hilo

Oahu: www.bluesbearhawaii.com  (Gold Circle)  Good Guys Music - Kapahulu; Coconut Grove Music - Kailua

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 stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell's “Both Sides Now”, from her landmark 1967 album, “Wildflowers”, 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 Sondheim for the Broadway musical A Little Night Music, won Song of the Year at the 1975 Grammy Awards.  She's garnered several top-ten hits 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 to Judy Collins.

Judy began her impressive music career at 13 as a piano prodigy dazzling 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 life as a concert pianist., her path pointed to a lifelong love affair with the guitar and pursuit of emotional truth in lyrics.  The focus and regimented practice of classical music, however, would be a source of strength to her inner core as she navigated the highs and lows of the music business.

In 1961, she released her masterful debut, A Maid of Constant Sorrow, 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 Records. Around this time Judy became a tastemaker within the  thriving Greenwich Village folk community, and brought other singer-0songwriters 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 with critically acclaimed albums while balancing a robust touring schedule.

Based on her success of the CD/DVD Judy Collins Live At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, which aired on PBS. Judy Collins filmed another spectacular show in Ireland, on September 29,2013 at Dromoland Castle.  The show features some classic Judy Collins songs like Chelsea Morning, Cat's in The Cradle, Bird On A Wire as well as some of her favorite Irish tunes..  Wild Mountain Thyme, She moved Through the air (featuring the amazing Mary Black) and of course, Danny Boy.  Judy Collins Live In Ireland will be on PBS nationwide in early 2014.

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 deeply inside and, with unflinching candor, recalls her turbulent childhood, extraordinary rise to fame, her romance with Stephen Stills, her epic victories over depression and alcoholism, and her redemption through embracing a healthy and stable lifestyle and 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, the first women to conduct major symphonies around the world-and Judy's classical piano teacher when she was young.

Judy Collins, now 75, is as creatively vigorous as ever, writing, touring worldwide, and nurturing fresh talent. She is a modern day Renaissance women who is also an accomplished painter, filmmaker, record label head, musical 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. 

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