Judy Collins & Elizabeth Cotten: Pete Seeger’s Rainbow Quest / Shanachie DVD-610

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Shanachie DVD 610 / black an white, Approx 2 hours / 29 songs total / JUDY COLLINS is one of the most popular and enduring folk singers to emerge from America’s folk revival of the 1960s. In a career that has spanned over 40 years and 29 albums, several of which have gone gold and platinum, sha has always been known as a song enthusiast and a premiere interpreter of other artists’ work. Here she sings the Bob Dylan song “Daddy You’ve Been On My Mind,” Pete Seeger’s classic “Turn, Turn, Turn,” and many more.

ELIZABETH COTTEN’s charming style is a blend of blues, rags, religious and traditional material she absorbed as a young girl at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Her career blossomed in the 1960s when she became an audience favorite on the folk festival circuit. In addition to her signature song “Freight Train,” she performs “Wilson Rag,” “Mama, Your Papa Loves You,” and many others. Introduced first on the show is the Puerto Rican duo of Rosa Valentin & Rafael Martinez, who sing heartfelt renditions of several folk songs from their native land.