Joni Mitchell 8.0 1 of 11The Studio Albums 1968-1979Rhino2012By Jessica Hopper Genre: Rock Reviewed: November 9, 2012 The brilliant singer-songwriter's first 10 studio albums, cut during an 11-year span, have been gathered in this import box set. During this run, Mitchell charted one of ...
Throughout human existence, these groups of women have always been responsible for the first, most vulnerable years, in a child's life; the infancy of all human life. Without these women doing the right things, together, we would have gone extinct long ago. So, when asked about female ...
Part of these varied reactions come from Mitchell's word choice - she lost her "baby," a term of endearment with a connotation of deep, intense familiarity for the entire gender continuum - and the vivid imagery, described in economical language: "They're cutting down trees/They're putting...
If Joni Mitchell's new artworks were songs, they'd be protest songs. "The images are very graphic," says Los Angeles-based Canadian Robert Ivison, who helped Mitchell assemble the triptychs that will serve as the visual backdrop for The Fiddle and The Drum, a 48-minute contemporary bal...
The first act of the ballet ended with Joni Mitchell's 2002 orchestrated recording of her song 'For the Roses' that was originally recorded on the 1972 album of the same name. The image of the moon filled the round screen at the beginning of the song, set against a black, star-studded...
Every woman needs female friends who stand on an equally objective footing. Women provide each other a unique emotional support, which cannot be substituted by anything or anyone else. Throughout human existence, these groups of women have always been responsible for the first, most vulnerable year...
Adds Grand-Maitre: "It's heavy and light at the same time. It's the same dichotomy you always get with Joni Mitchell's music and art. It's the mixture of everything humanity can be, all at once, the best and the worst of what we are." ...