http://www.myspace.com/judyhenskemusic

Is this official? Awaiting confirmation…

Thanks to Goatview from our message board for alerting us to these new clips.

“Wade in the Water” from Hootenanny Hoot

“God Bless The Child” from the Judy Garland Show

What is last.fm? I like Wikipedia’s description the best:

Last.fm is … a music recommendation system … that builds a detailed profile of each user’s musical taste, also recommending artists similar to their favorites, showing their favourite artists and songs on a customizable profile webpage, comprising the songs played on its stations selected via a collaborative filter, or optionally, recorded by a Last.fm plugin installed into its users’ music playing application.

Basically, if you listen to music on your computer or iPod, you can report every song played to last.fm, which keeps track of all your listening habits and produces charts. Beyond that, it allows people with similar tastes to become “friends” and form groups.

Hence, the Judy Henske fan group.

Registered last.fm users can join by going to the Judy Henske Fan group and clicking “join.”

Harp Magazine has a short article/announement about Big Judy.

Henske Gets “Big Judy” Treatment from Rhino Handmade

Folk-rock pioneer Judy Henske is getting the big treatment. Rhino Handmade has released the career-spanning Big Judy: How Far This Music Goes (1962-2004)—a two-disc, 41-track anthology dedicated to Henske’s long, strange, trip from her early days with The Whiskeyhill Singers up through her comeback in 1999. The limited edition set (only 5,000 copies available) features four previously unreleased tracks, rare singles, and songs pulled from all of Henske’s other studio efforts.

Hopefully this is just the beginning of the Big Judy media blitz. I’m subscribed to Google Alerts, so I’ll post ‘em as I see ‘em.

I have begun uploading rare Judy Henske clips to YouTube. Here’s the first one: Judy on the Hootenanny TV show performing “High Flying Bird.” This aired on September 28, 1963.

EDIT: Just added “Charlotte Town” from the same episode:

It’s been quiet in Henske land. If anybody has news, please send it my way. In the meantime, here are a couple links… the first two are from the popular MP3 Blog, Keep the Coffee Coming. Note that the MP3 files may not be available anymore.

• Wade in the Water: Judy Henske
• Just a Little Bit of Rain: Judy Henske
• Blog entry at Arroyo Chamisa (from a guy who saw Judy live in ‘65)
• Farewell Aldebaran review (Unsung)
• Farewell Aldebaran review (Cleveland Scene)
• Judy Henske at Wikipedia (see also the Wikipedia entry for Farewell Aldebaran)

By the way, the Message Board has been cleared of spam. Sorry for the lack of vigilance on my part! Head over to our wonderful little community now, and make yourself known!

Redfern’s Music Picture Library has photos of Judy. I believe you can order custom prints, for a price.

If you want to introduce somebody to Judy Henske, try this Amazon List, featuring all her available CDs plus a handful of books for the Henske fan. Don’t forget to send them a link to the Fresh Air review too.

Writer Richie Unterberger is a big Judy Henske fan. The world found this out when he praised Judy and Jerry Yester’s classic Farewell Aldebaran in his book, Unknown Legends of Rock’n'Roll. He went on to write all the liner notes for Judy’s CD reissues on Collector’s Choice.

Unterberger’s site has all of these liner notes in one place, plus an exclusive interview with the woman herself.

• Judy Henske Interview
• Judy Henske liner notes
• High Flying Bird liner notes
• The Death-Defying Judy Henske liner notes
• Dave Guard & The Whiskeyhill Singers liner notes
• Rosebud liner notes