Judy Collins is new and surprising, just like her set.
There was a girl who grew up down the street from me in Atlanta who would cry every time she heard Judy Collins’s version of “Send in the Clowns.” She didn’t know why. She said, “It’s so sad and beautiful and lonely.” The next summer, her brother fell from a magnolia tree and broke his neck. She played the song at his funeral. I remember her looking at me when it came on, and she mustered a smile. Man, did I ever cry. At 75 years young, Judy Collins (a Seattle native, by the way) still has her sterling, American voice—graceful, earthly, and full of Grammy-winning range that can bring tears to your eyes…
