Editing Judy Collins (section)

===2000s–2020s===
[[File:Judy Collins by Bryan Ledgard 1.jpg|thumb|right|Collins performing at the Cambridge Folk Festival, 2008]]
Collins maintained a busy release schedule via Wildflower, issuing numerous live albums and reissues as well as new material such as 2005's ''[[Portrait of an American Girl]]'', 2010's ''Paradise'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Paradise|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/paradise-mw0001989692|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102203015/https://www.allmusic.com/album/paradise-mw0001989692|url-status=live}}</ref> and 2011's ''Bohemian'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Monger|first=James Christopher|title=Bohemian|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bohemian-mw0002206147|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102203018/https://www.allmusic.com/album/bohemian-mw0002206147|url-status=live}}</ref> all of which focused on her continued strength as an interpretive vocalist. In 2006, she sang "[[This Little Light of Mine]]" in a commercial for [[Eliot Spitzer]].<ref name="Clark"/> In 2007, she released her own covers collection of [[The Beatles|Beatles]] songs, entitled ''[[Judy Collins Sings Lennon and McCartney]]''. Various artists, including [[Shawn Colvin]], [[Rufus Wainwright]], and [[Chrissie Hynde]], covered Collins's compositions for the tribute album ''[[Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins|Born to the Breed]]'' in 2008.<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2009/06/basking_in_the_afterglow_of_a.html "Basking in the Afterglow of a Tribute Album"] by John Soeder, ''Cleveland Plain Dealer'', June 24, 2009.</ref> In the same year, she received an honorary doctorate from [[Pratt Institute]]. The tribute albums ''Tom Thumb's Blues: A Tribute to Judy Collins''<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Thumb's Blues: A Tribute to Judy Collins|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tom-thumbs-blues-a-tribute-to-judy-collins-mw0000001849|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 15, 2022|archive-date=December 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201140026/https://www.allmusic.com/album/tom-thumbs-blues-a-tribute-to-judy-collins-mw0000001849|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins''<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|title=Born To the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/born-to-the-breed-a-tribute-to-judy-collins-mw0000796428|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 15, 2022|archive-date=January 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129052031/https://www.allmusic.com/album/born-to-the-breed-a-tribute-to-judy-collins-mw0000796428|url-status=live}}</ref> appeared in 2000 and 2008, respectively.

In 2010, Collins sang "The Weight of the World" at the [[Newport Folk Festival]], a song by [[Amy Speace]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Amy Speace on Mountain Stage|publisher=NPR Music|quote=Judy Collins, who chose Speace as the first artist on her Wildflower label, has been singing her song "The Weight of the World" at prominent venues of late, including the 50th anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival and the Isle of Wight.|date=August 12, 2010|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114290478|access-date=September 26, 2010}}</ref> Another memoir from Collins, ''Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music'',<ref name="judycollins.com"/> appeared the following year and put its focus on her career as an artist. In July 2012, she appeared as a guest artist on the Australian [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] television programme ''[[RocKwiz]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blundell|first=Graeme|title=Bang a gong as Rockwiz turns 10|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/bang-a-gong/story-fn9n8gph-1226417802468|newspaper=The Australian|access-date=March 16, 2013}}</ref> She paid homage to some of her favorite songwriters as well as her favorite vocalists with the 2015 album ''Strangers Again'', which featured duets with [[Willie Nelson]], [[Jackson Browne]], [[Jeff Bridges]], and [[Glen Hansard]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Monger|first=Timothy|title=Strangers Again|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/strangers-again-mw0002866019|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=December 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214071037/https://www.allmusic.com/album/strangers-again-mw0002866019|url-status=live}}</ref> The album also included a track with singer-songwriter [[Ari Hest]]. Collins and Hest joined forces again in 2016 for a full studio album titled ''[[Silver Skies Blue]]'', which later earned them a Grammy Award nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Folk Album|Best Folk Album]].
[[File:Judy Collins, prior to a performance at the Boettcher Concert Hall, one of the venues at the Denver Performing Arts Center in downtown Denver, Colorado.jpg|left|thumb|293x293px|Judy Collins, prior to a performance at the Boettcher Concert Hall, part of the [[Denver Performing Arts Complex]], in 2016]]
In 2017, Collins returned to the work of the songwriter who gave her "[[Send in the Clowns]]" with ''A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim'',<ref>{{cite web|title=A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-love-letter-to-stephen-sondheim-mw0003009533|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=November 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103073826/https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-love-letter-to-stephen-sondheim-mw0003009533|url-status=live}}</ref> and the same year, she and her longtime friend, [[Stephen Stills]], collaborated on an album, ''[[Everybody Knows (Stills & Collins album)|Everybody Knows]]''. In addition to the two albums, she bared her soul in another book, ''Cravings: How I Conquered Food,''<ref name="judycollins.com"/> where she opened up about her difficult relationship with food and her years of dealing with [[eating disorder]]s. In 2019, she released the album ''[[Winter Stories (Judy Collins, Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line album)|Winter Stories]]'', a collaboration with Norwegian singer [[Jonas Fjeld]] and the [[North Carolina]] country-folk quartet [[Chatham County Line]]. In 2022, she released her first studio album of all original material, entitled ''[[Spellbound (Judy Collins album)|Spellbound]]''.

Collins joined the judging panel for the 7th, 9th, 10th,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independentmusicawards.com/judges|title=Independent Music Awards|publisher=Independent Music Awards|date=September 23, 2010|access-date=October 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/news/Charts-Awards/She-&-Him-The-Black-Keys-Mark-Hoppus-Aimee-Mann-And-Bettye-LaVette-Join-Judging-Panel-For-The-9th-Annual-Independent-Music-Awards/48785.html|title=Top40-Charts.com|publisher=Top40-Charts.com|access-date=October 13, 2010}}</ref> 11th,<ref>[http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/judges/11th-annual-ima-judges/ "11th Annual IMA Judges]. Independent Music Awards. Retrieved on September 4, 2013.</ref> 12th, 13th and 14th Annual Independent Music Awards.