Judy Collins in Austin

Judy Collins is an American folk singer and songwriter, born in Seattle in 1939 and raised in Denver. She is known for her interpretations of “Both Sides, Now,” “Amazing Grace” and Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns,” as well as albums including Wildflowers. A 1964 performance at Town Hall in New York was released as The Judy Collins Concert, documenting her early folk-revival repertoire. Decades later, she and Stephen Stills released Everybody Knows in 2017 and toured together, performing material from the album and their individual catalogs.

Amy Speace is an American folk and Americana singer-songwriter born in Baltimore. After working as an actor in New York, she turned to songwriting and recorded albums including Songs for Bright Street, The Killer in Me, Land Like a Bird and How to Sleep in a Stormy Boat. Judy Collins recorded her song “The Weight of the World” and signed her to Wildflower Records. Amy Speace has performed at Glastonbury Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival. She has also played listening rooms and theatres in the United States and Britain, presenting her songs with voice and acoustic guitar, and her concert history includes the public-radio program Mountain Stage.