There was a time when Judy Collins was an important part of the American folk revival movement. Beginning in 1961, she released a series of excellent folk albums. While she has turned in a pop direction during the past four decades, every once in a while, her folk roots shine through. <\/p>\n
Her latest release,\u00a0Winter Stories,\u00a0<\/em>is a nice fusion of pop and folk. There are some older songs and recreations of past tunes. Her choice of Norwegian folk singer Jonas Fjeld as a vocal partner on a number of songs was an interesting choice, and ultimately an effective one, as he pulls a number of the tracks back from the pop precipice. Also the addition of the Blue Grass band Chatham County adds some interesting elements to a number of tracks.<\/p>\n Winter Stories,\u00a0<\/em>despite the title, is not a Christmas album. Rather it is a laid-back affair that is best heard sitting around the fire place on a cold winter night. It is mostly an album of story songs, including her 30-year-old opus \u201cThe Blizzard.\u201d<\/p>\n The vocal duet tracks work well. \u201cNorthwest Passages\u201d is about the explorers of the past and Eric Anderson\u2019s \u201cAngels In The Snow\u201d is recreated for a duo. Add in \u201cFrozen North\u201d and the title track and it adds up to a series of strong tracks with Fjeld.<\/p>\n Possibly the best song is her haunting rendition of Jimmy Webb\u2019s \u201cThe Highwayman.\u201d She transforms this old country tune.\u00a0 She takes \u201cBury Me With My Guitar On\u201d in a different direction and it emerges as a peppy rendition.<\/p>\n It is nice to see Collins veer back toward her folk roots.\u00a0Winter Stories\u00a0<\/em>is one of her strongest albums in decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":34240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10610],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-46073","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-judy-collins-jonas-fjeld","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46073"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46073"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}