Silver Skies Blue is an album by Judy Collins and Ari Hest. It earned them a Grammy Award nomination for Best Folk Album, Hest's first and Collins' first nomination in 40 years.[1] Of the album's 12 tracks, 8 were co-written by Collins and Hest.

Silver Skies Blue
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 2016 (2016-06-03)
GenreFolk, Americana
Length45:11
LabelCleopatra
Judy Collins chronology
Strangers Again
(2015)
Silver Skies Blue
(2016)
A Love Letter To Sondheim
(2017)
Ari Hest chronology
Shouts and Whispers
(2014)
Silver Skies Blue
(2016)
Natural
(2017)

Collins and Hest met backstage at a show, and Hest sang on one song on her 2014 Live In Ireland album, prior to collaborating on Silver Skies Blue.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drifting Away"Judy Collins, Ari Hest3:19
2."I Choose Love"Collins, Hest3:01
3."Silver Skies Blue"Collins, Hest3:06
4."The Weight"Hest3:16
5."Slow Burns"Collins, Hest3:17
6."Let You In"Collins, Hest3:57
7."Run"Collins, Hest4:15
8."Aberdeen"Hest4:38
9."Elena"Collins, Hest3:33
10."Secret Harbor"Collins, Hest, Russel Walden4:33
11."Home Before Dark"David Buskin, Collins, Dwight W. Batteau Jr.3:35
12."Strangers Again"Marvin Etzioni, Hest4:41
Total length:45:11

References

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  1. ^ Barker, Andrew (2017-02-08). "Singer Judy Collins on Her First Grammy Nomination in 40 Years". Variety. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  2. ^ Judy Collins & Ari Hest: Silver Skies Blue, retrieved 9/8/2017