Paradise

Folk icon Judy Collins will release her new album 'Paradise' on her own Wildflower Records. The collection of songs selected for Collins' latest project reinforces her lifelong commitment to quality songwriting and worldwide reputation as one of the finest interpretative singers in any genre. Paradise is a collection of songs with universal themes, desires and cries of a human being searching for paradise here on earth. There are 10 heartfelt songs with tales to tell about finding love, losing love, personal freedom and redemption. Collins teams up with the legendary Joan Baez and Stephen Stills on two tracks.

Paradise provides a modern take on the times, with brand new renditions of archetypal songs made fresh with Collins' striking arrangements and intimate, breathtaking vocals. The material here is drawn from great sources such as Jimmy Webb, Tom Paxton, Joan Baez, Tim Buckley and Stan Jones, to name a few. The duet of Collins and Baez singing 'Diamonds and Rust', Baez's 1975 hit single, is stunning as you listen to their angelic harmonies revealing sincere feelings on the complexity of love in haunting words and melody. And, with the often-recorded Tom Paxton song 'Last Thing on My Mind', Judy Collins pairs up with Stephen Stills to create a fresh and sweetly melodic track, beautifully weaving their complementary voices together with soft and jangly guitars of a song reminiscing a couple's breakup. The poignant duet from these two former lovers, singing "I could've loved you betterdidn't mean to be unkind, don't you know that was the last thing on my mind" make for a wonderfully lilting and bittersweet tune.