Features
Wednesday, July 30 2008
The Innovators
Sometimes changing the course of modern music can be surprisingly easy. Though their names may not be laced in the stars right next to Sinatra and Dylan, these mavericks will always be remembered for breaking boundaries, stretching the definitions of genres, and rewriting what the very notion of a "pop song" is.
Thursday, July 19 2007
Part 4: Heaven 17 to N.W.A. (1981-1988)
Sarcasm, irony, tongue-in-cheek, parody. Thumb your nose at 'em. Flip 'em the finger. Plug in the amp and blast 'em. That oughta kick 'em outta their apathy and get their asses shakin'! And more thoughts on motivational music.
Reviews
Friday, September 28 2007
Joni Mitchell: Shine
An environmentally fired-up Joni returns to songwriting with a gloomy, beautiful set of chamber-pop.
Friday, April 27 2007
Various Artists: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell
Björk, Elvis Costello, Sufjan Stevens, Prince and more pay tribute to Joni Mitchell.
Friday, April 29 2005
Joni Mitchell: Songs of a Prairie Girl
The third personal compilation of Joni's Songs to be released in the last year, this disc features songs about or inspired by her Canadian childhood. There's almost nothing new here, though Joni's old songs are enough to make you smile. But if you already own this stuff, don't bother. If you don't have it, this is not the ideal collection. So, like -- what's the point?"
Thursday, January 23 2003
Joni Mitchell: Travelogue
Joni Mitchell is unquestionably one of the finest popular songwriters of the last half-century, and takes her rightful place with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and a handful of others as a highly incisive observer of her generation's struggles and triumphs.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now
Alternately gorgeous and over-the-top, the album is unlikely to win Mitchell new fans among young listeners.
Blogs
Friday, August 26 2011
Counterbalance No. 48: Joni Mitchell’s 'Blue'
Everybody's saying that hell's the hippest way out but Eric Klinger and Jason Mendelsohn don't think so. They’re taking a look around Joni Mitchell's 1971 folk masterpiece Blue -- Acclaimed Music’s 48th Greatest Album of All Time.
Thursday, September 2 2010
The Most Beautiful Sound in the World
The world contains lots of delightful sounds: bluebirds trilling, children laughing, brooks babbling, etc. But is there any sound more pleasing than the sound of…
News
Monday, February 22 2010
'Fiddle and the Drum' presents a new facet of songsmith Joni Mitchell
SEATTLE — With her blond tresses, her sweet and high voice, her charmed songs of love, protest and rites of passage, Joni Mitchell became the…
