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TRADFEST 2027
IN CONVERSATION WITH JUDY COLLINS:
THE LIFE, THE MUSIC, THE STORIES
Aoine 22/01/2026
Doirse: 7:30p.m.
Stáitse: 8:00p.m.
Ticéid: €24.99 (CLIC ANSEO – Click Here)
Join us for a unique and intimate evening with legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins, as she takes to the stage alongside acclaimed Irish music journalist Tony Clayton-Lea for a captivating conversation exploring her extraordinary life and career in music.
Bígí linn le haghaidh tráthnóna uathúil agus dlúth leis an amhránaí is cumadóir iomráiteach Judy Collins, agus í ar an stáitse in éineacht leis an iriseoir ceoil iomráiteach Tony Clayton-Lea le haghaidh comhrá corraitheach a fhiosróidh a saol agus a slí bheatha neamhghnách sa cheol.
An icon of American folk music, Judy Collins has enjoyed a remarkable career spanning more than six decades. Her 1968 recording of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now won a Grammy and became a defining song of the era, while her rendition of Send in the Clowns earned Song of the Year at the 1975 Grammys. A gifted interpreter of song, she has championed the work of artists from Leonard Cohen to Stephen Sondheim, while also establishing herself as an acclaimed writer and activist. Continuing to record and tour into her ninth decade, she released the Grammy-nominated Spellbound — her first album of entirely original songs — in 2022.
Mar dheilbhín de cheol tíre Mheiriceá, tá gairm iontach ag Judy Collins a mhair níos mó ná sé scór bliain. Bhuaigh a taifeadadh, sa bhliain 1968, ar an amhrán *Both Sides Now* le Joni Mitchell gradam Grammy, agus tháinig sé chun bheith ina amhrán a shainigh an ré sin; ina theannta sin, bhain a leagan den amhrán *Send in the Clowns* an gradam ‘Amhrán na Bliana’ amach ag searmanas na nGrammy in 1975. Is léirmhínitheoir cumasach amhrán í a thug tacaíocht láidir d’obair ealaíontóirí éagsúla, ó Leonard Cohen go Stephen Sondheim, agus í tar éis í féin a bhunú chomh maith mar scríbhneoir agus gníomhaí a bhfuil cáil mhór uirthi. Agus í fós ag taifeadadh agus ag dul ar camchuairt agus í ina nóchaidí, d’eisigh sí an t-albam *Spellbound* — a céad albam ina bhfuil amhráin bhunaidh amháin — in 2022; ainmníodh an t-albam sin do ghradam Grammy.
From the stories and inspirations behind her most beloved songs to the people, places and experiences that have shaped her remarkable journey, Judy will share memories and reflections from a lifetime in music. Guiding the conversation will be Tony Clayton-Lea, a respected arts and music journalist and regular contributor to The Irish Times and the Sunday Independent’s People & Culture magazine, whose extensive knowledge and interviewing experience promise to make this a warm, engaging and insightful evening. A rare opportunity to hear first-hand from one of music’s most enduring and influential voices.
Ó na scéalta agus na foinsí inspioráide taobh thiar dá cuid amhrán is ansa léi, go dtí na daoine, na háiteanna agus na heispéiris a mhúnlaigh a turas suntasach, roinnfidh Judy cuimhní agus machnaimh ó shaol a chaith sí sa cheol. Is é Tony Clayton-Lea, iriseoir ealaíon agus ceoil a bhfuil meas mór air agus a scríobhann go rialta do *The Irish Times* agus don iris *People & Culture* de chuid an *Sunday Independent*, a bheidh i mbun an chomhrá a stiúradh. Geallann a eolas fairsing agus an taithí atá aige ar agallaimh a chur faoi agallamh go mbeidh tráthnóna te, tarraingteach agus léargasach i gceist. Deis annamh í seo chun cloisteáil go díreach ó dhuine de na guthanna is buaine agus is mó tionchar i saol an cheoil.
