This poll includes all Joni Mitchell hits, but true fans know there are other great songs to vote on besides the singles. Mitchell made a name for herself in folk rock music during the 1970s, as one of the top musicians from the famous Laurel Canyon area in Southern California. She is ...
free-spirited atmosphere of Laurel Canyon. The imagery of “young girls coming to the canyon” symbolizes the youth movement and cultural renaissance that was blossoming in Los Angeles during the late 1960s. The repeated
TV on the Radio returned from their short hiatus with “Mercy,” a glossy uptempo rocker with a catchy chorus and slick production from Dave Sitek. To call it a return to the high octane, high spirits that defined songs like “Halfway Home” would be oversimplifying it. Peel back the...
As for the meaning of sad songs like these, the late Fogelberg once said: "I feel experiences deeply, and I have an outlet, a place where I can translate those feelings. A lot of people go to psychoanalysts. I write songs." (DeRiso)22. "Year of the Cat," Al Stewart (1976) Just...
It was a joyful high-point of 2023 to see one of UK dance music’s modern-day troubadours, Crazy P co-founder and dancefloor don Ron Basejam — Jim Baron — release such a wonderful album. A collection of Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter tunes, blue-eyed soul, nu-yacht and Balearica, ...
"We operate on a different level," Seals once said, sounding like nothing if not a Laurel Canyon native. "We try to create images, impressions and trains of thought in the minds of our listeners." This song's fluttering curtains, welcoming domesticity and sweet jasmine certainly meet that ...
Her 1971 single, the Graham Nash-produced "Jesus Was a Crossmaker", is a classic piece of lush, Laurel Canyon songwriting, and Frida Hyvönen's stunning rendition-- recorded for Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill-- comes awfully close to topping the original. Hyvönen'...
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Laurel Canyon was a haven for dozens of musicians in the late '60s. Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Jim Morrison and countless others called it home at one point, which made for some wild, eclectic neighborhood parties. A number of the houses were replaced with bigg...
“A Long Way Past The Past” shines as a standout track, carrying through Pecknold’s Laurel Canyon folk-inspired harmonies and beautifully blended guitar and horns. As Pecknold sings, “And oh man, was it that much better then? We were left alone, we were proud of our pain,” he has...