Joni Mitchell
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Joni Mitchell...in 2004. In January 2007 she was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. In June 2007 Canada Post featured Mitchell on a postage stamp. In November, 2006, the album Blue was listed by Time magazine as among the "All-Time 100... In this article: Joni Mitchell, Blue, Billboard, Hejira, Grammy Award, Charles Mingus, Court and Spark, Clouds, Chelsea Morning, and Both Sides Now |
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The Australian | October 25, 2009
Through the past brightly
...of Shadows and Light. From there the performance travelled back to Mitchell's folk days, with Blue (featuring Noonan on piano) and Chelsea Morning, Little Green and a passionate version of Woodstock courtesy of Berardi. Bowra took centre...
In this article: Wendy Matthews, Katie Noonan, and Archie Roach
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Wikipedia | September 27, 2009
California (Phantom Planet song)
...the Jolson song, but still contain several differences in melody. It also bears some thematic and melodic resemblance to Joni Mitchell's "California" from her 1971 album Blue. The song was rerecorded in 2005 by Phantom Planet and re-released...
In this article: California, Phantom Planet, The O.C., Al Jolson, California, Here I Come, K-os, McG, Mates of State, and Fastlane
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Houston Chronicle | August 27, 2009
16 recordings that sprang from Crosby, Stills and Nash
...albums by his on-and-off girlfriend and sometimes muse. 1968: Song to a Seagull, Joni Mitchell: Crosby produced Mitchell's strong debut album, which also featured Stills on guitar. Crosby and Nash would sing and Stills would play guitar on...
In this article: Stephen Stills, Crosby, Stills & Nash, David Crosby, Neil Young, Graham Nash, CPR, Chris Hillman, Manassas, and CSN
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Talented interpreters in Joni's place
...Taxi, Woodstock, You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio and Both Sides Now. Admired as a storyteller with beautiful phrasing in her songwriting, Mitchell, who began as a folk singer and switched to jazz fusion, is also renowned for her innovative...
In this article: Katie Noonan, Hal Willner, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Grammys, and Bob Dylan
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Observer.com - All Articles | August 05, 2008
Sunday, August 10 The New York Observer
...amazing as he is. " Mr. Satyal's oeuvre has included Joni Mitchell's "Blue" (despite the fact that he is "Indian and slight," he noted), Fiona Apple and Rufus Wainwright, but tonight he turns his attention to musical theater. "I'm a sucker for...
In this article: The New York Observer, New York, E mail, Random House, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, and Blue
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www.washingtonpost.com | August 10, 2008
Pimlico Special
...sorrowful indie-torch ballads and rockers that were mostly down-tempo and downcast. Her originals and covers (including Joni Mitchell's "Blue," which might well be Marshall's theme song) were gorgeously gloomy, driven by dark, dreamy music...
In this article: Bob Dylan, Trent Reznor, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Jack Johnson, Iggy Pop, Foo Fighters, Derivative, and Ron Asheton
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boston.com - Latest music news | February 28, 2009
I confess: I don't like...
...I love, I return to the same nagging feeling I've always had: Joni Mitchell makes me feel nothing. I respect her artistry, but I don't enjoy it. Her voice is almost too mercurial and grating to relate to. The songwriting, at times pure poetry...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Sonic Youth, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, E-mail, Thom Yorke, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, and The Dead
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Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.
Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. In the mid-1960s she left for New York City and its rich folk music scene, recording her debut album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides Now", "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Finally settling in Southern California, Mitchell played a key part in the folk rock movement then sweeping the musical landscape. Blue, her starkly personal 1971 album, is regarded as one of the strongest and most influential records of the time. Mitchell also had pop hits such as "Big Yellow Taxi", "Free Man in Paris", and "Help Me", the last two from 1974's best-selling Court and Spark.
Mitchell's soprano vocals, distinctive harmonic guitar style, and piano arrangements all grew more complex through the 1970s as she was deeply influenced by jazz, melding it with pop, folk and rock on experimental albums like 1976's Hejira. She worked closely with jazz greats including Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, and on a 1979 record released after his death, Charles Mingus. From the 1980s on, Mitchell reduced her recording and touring schedule but turned again toward pop, making greater use of synthesizers and direct political protest in her lyrics, which often tackled social and environmental themes alongside romantic and emotional ones.
- Name At Birth:
- Roberta Joan Anderson
- Birth Date:
- November 07, 1943
- Birthplace:
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Occupation:
- Singer-songwriter, producer, musician, painter
- Instrument Played:
- Vocals, piano, guitar, dulcimer
- Record Label:
- Years Active:
- 1964-present
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