Judy Collins will have plenty to talk about and plenty to sing about when she plays both Infinity Halls in Connecticut later this month.
Collins lived in Storrs for a while in the early ’60s while her husband was studying William Blake. Collins has been known to sing Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War” lately, and one shouldn’t be surprised if she has a thing or two to say about the state of the republic and imagining the future under President-elect Trump.
But she’s as likely to be paying tribute to another giant of folk music. Her 1966 record “In My Life” featured a cover of “Suzanne,” which served as an introduction to the folk world for the then largely unknown songwriter Leonard Cohen, who died earlier this month. In 2004, Collins released “Democracy,” an entire album devoted to Cohen’s songs. Though one could view it as a dark premonition, one wants to read the refrain of that title tune, “Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.,” as a song of hope, about our “machinery for change” and “spiritual thirst.”
Judy Collins plays Infinity Hall, 2 Front St., Hartford, Friday, Nov. 25, at 8:30 p.m., and then the next night she plays Infinity Hall, 20 Greenwoods Road W., Norfolk, Saturday, Nov. 26, at 8 p.m. $60 to $80. 866-666-6306 and infinityhall.com.
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