Interview: Tom Rush

Tom Rush was part of the legendary Cambridge folk music scene, with his early albums containing a mix of folk, blues, and country music. A few years later, his milestone 1968 album The Circle Game introduced songs from up-and-comers Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, and James Taylor to a wider audience, and also included Rush’s “No Regrets”, which has been covered by artists ranging from the Walker Brothers to Emmylou Harris to Midge Ure. His latest album was 2024’s wonderful Gardens Old, Flowers New.

This interview was for a preview article for Noozhawk for the 11/16/25 concert by Tom Rush and Judy Collins. It was done by phone on 10/31/25.

Interview: Judy Collins

Judy Collins is a true treasure, a singer whose angelic voice made her a key figure in the Greenwich Village folk music scene and beyond.

She has written her own great songs, but Collins is best known for her interpretations of songs written by others. Notably, she was the first to record songs by Leonard Cohen (including “Suzanne” on her 1966 album In My Life), and amongst the first to cover songs by Joni Mitchell (a 1967 hit version of “Both Sides, Now”) and Bob Dylan (including “Masters of War” in 1963). She also recorded hit versions of “Amazing Grace” and “Send in the Clowns”.

This interview was for a preview article for noozhawk.com for the Judy Collins / Stephen Stills concert at the Arlington Theatre on 10/28/17. (Stills, of course, wrote the song “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” about Collins.) It was done by phone on 10/9/17. (Anna Webber photo)