"one of New England's first and brightest stars"
—Boston Globe

“Her gorgeously poetic lyrics are wrapped around a solid bed of traditional & old-timey-influenced music, which is at once simple and perfect for conveying the mood and subtlety of her words." - Dirty Linen

Lui Collins established herself as a powerful presence in the folk community in the late seventies and early eighties with the release of her early Philo and Green Linnet recordings. For her 8th solo recording, Closer, Collins alternates original songs and poems, weaving an engaging and intimate tapestry. Plus covers by Patti Griffin, Harry Woods (“Red Red Robin”) and Cheryl Wheeler. Born in Barre, Vermont, Lui Collins began to play her first gigs in the early Seventies. Collins started out singing covers of Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez songs, but quickly started to include music that was written by what were then emerging artists, such as Greg Brown, Julie Snow and Stan Rogers. In fact Rogers, the late great Canadian folk singer, once stated "She sings my songs better than I do."

Lui Collins: vocals, guitar and clawhammer banjo
Anand Nayak: acoustic and electric guitars and basses, mandolin, banjo, shaker, harmony vocals
Rani Arbo: fiddle
Scott Kessel: percussion
Keith Murphy: piano, harmony vocals
Dana Robinson: guitar, banjo
Rose Sinclair: accordion
Larry Unger: banjo

Songs and Poems:
Spring!
Red Red Robin
The Creek
Susquehanna
Making Pies
Precipice
Step Into the Water
Astilbe
Blood Red the Stain
Journey’s End
Someone to Come Home To
Holiday
Gone but not Forgotten
Glance in a Mirror
Where?
Bells of May Street
Shiny White-Toed Hightops
All the Pretty Birds
His Hometown
I Wrest My Joy
Blessed
Hanging up the Snowshoes