Judy Henske

While Judy Henske was most widely recognized as a figure on the 1960s folk music scene, categorizing her strictly as a folk artist is inaccurate and limiting. Henske cut plenty of folk-oriented material (most notably on 1963's High Flying Bird), much of it very good, but her full-bodied, passionate voice and con brio delivery were quite versatile. She was a gifted interpreter of standards, blues, show tunes, novelty material, and pop numbers (1963's Judy Henske and 1965's The Death Defying Judy Henske: The First Concert Album both found her covering as many stylistic bases as ...