Lui Collins

www.luicollins.net

Call 508 528 0026 for questions, please leave a message.

$25 suggested donation in the tip jar but payment is pay what you can. 100% of the donations go directly to the artists. There are no tickets, but please RSVP so I know how many will be here. Join us at 1PM here for a potluck lunch. Bring a dish, we supply drinks and ice cream at intermission.

“… one of New England’s clearest and most distinctive folk voices, with unusually piercing lyrical insight…” – Hartford Courant

When Lui Collins emerged on the folk scene in 1975, her impressive presence and ability to warmly engage with the audience was remarkable for a young performer, and it had a significant impact on her listeners.

And as New Hampshire writer and musician Gordon Peery notes, “now, fifty years later, I saw how her gift for filling a room with love and joy—not to mention wit—has only been made even more substantial with the passing of time. Her performance is so heartfelt that it’s easy to miss how professional it is. Uplifting, and remarkable.”

Folk singer/songwriter Lui Collins has been performing, writing and recording for over 50 years, earning international acclaim for her music. Her repertoire, accompanied on tenor ukulele and banjo, ranges from originals and American folks classics to bossa nova in the original Brazilian Portuguese. She’s made 16 CDs, performed on others’ projects, and shared the stage with such folk-world notables as Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, and Stan Rogers.

Lui has been hailed by the Boston Herald as a “folksinger for our times” and by the Boston Globe as “one of New England’s first and brightest stars.” She was voted third most popular performer at the Champlain Valley Festival in 1992, along with Pete Seeger and French Canadian band La Bottine Souriante. Renowned guitarist Dave van Ronk called her “one of the best guitarist-arrangers I have heard in years,” and Canadian folk icon Stan Rogers quipped, “Lui sings my songs better than I do!”

Lui’s concerts today are as memorable as ever. Whether you’ve enjoyed her recordings for years or you’ve just been introduced, there’s no better way to experience Lui’s music than at a live concert. Both solo and with Anand accompanying her, Lui’s concerts are intimate affairs. She interlaces her songs with stories about their background, her life, the weather – like a conversation with an old friend…with music.