''Silver Skies Blue'' is an album by

Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her ec ...

and

Ari Hest Ari Hest (born 16 June 1979) is an American singer-songwriter from the Bronx borough of New York. Biography Early life and education Hest's father is a college music professor and his mother a cantor. His older brother, Danny, is Hest's forme ...

. It earned them a

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

nomination for

Best Folk Album The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the folk genre. Honors in several c ...

, Hest's first and Collins' first nomination in 40 years. Of the album's 12 tracks, 8 were co-written by Collins and Hest. 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''.Judy Collins & Ari Hest: Silver Skies Blue
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Track listing

References

{{Authority control 2016 albums Judy Collins albums Cleopatra Records albums