BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A singer-songwriter who had iconic hits in the 1960s and 1970s and whose career had spanned seven decades will perform at Musikfest Cafe, it was announced.
Judy Collins, best known for her 1968 hit "Both Sides Now" and 1975's "Send in the Clowns," will perform at 7:30 p.m. July 20.
Tickets, at $40-$75, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 21, at the SteelStacks website and at the box office at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks at 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.
Collins, who will turn 86 before her performance, has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, starting with Best Folk Recording for her 1963 third album, "Judy Collins #3."
She won in the same category for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female" in 1969 for "Both Sides Now."
Songwriter Stephen Sondheim won the 1976 Grammy Award for Song of the Year based on Collins's single "Send in the Clowns."
Her most recent Grammy nominations were for Best Folk Album for 2017's "Silver Skies Blue" with Ari Hest and for her most recent disc, 2022's "Spellbound."
Amid music success, an advocate
Collins also was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary for her 1975 film "Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman."
In all, she has released 36 studio albums, nine live albums, 20 compilation albums and four holiday albums — 19 of which charted, and six of which sold gold or platinum.
Collins has had 10 charting singles, with "Both Sides Now," "Send in the Clowns" and her 1975 rendition of "Amazing Grace all hitting the Top 20.Billboard charts
She has had 10 charting singles, with "Both Sides Now," "Send in the Clowns" and her 1975 rendition of "Amazing Grace all hitting the Top 20.
Collins also was a renowned musical voice in the 1960s and '70s, and was immortalized in the Crosby, Stills & Nash song “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.”
In recent years, she has become an advocate for those facing struggles. She has spoken about her lifelong battle with depression and related alcoholism and other health problems, and losing her son to suicide.
In 2019, she was keynote speaker at “Understanding Mental Health and Older Adults,” a conference by The Phoebe Institute on Aging at DeSales University in Center Valley.
