joni mitchell
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JONI MITCHELL
Blue
REPRISE, 1971
To my family’s chagrin, I would sing along and try to mimic every swoop and growl and flutey top part. Joni’s ability to emote vocally, I really studied how she did it by training myself to copy her moves. She was really instrumental for me, not only as a writer but as a singer and performer and guitarist and everything. There’s an utterly confessional aspect to her writing, and she’s a master storyteller. That’s not an easy thing to do. Even as a young woman, her lyrics were incredibly sophisticated and her melodies were channelling the emotion – it was in a whole ’nother universe to the usual songwriting formula. So I learned a lot from Joni Mitchell’s records. Blue is a work of art, the whole package.
JONI MITCHELL
Blue
REPRISE, 1971
To my family’s chagrin, I would sing along and try to mimic every swoop and growl and flutey top part. Joni’s ability to emote vocally, I really studied how she did it by training myself to copy her moves. She was really instrumental for me, not only as a writer but as a singer and performer and guitarist and everything. There’s an utterly confessional aspect to her writing, and she’s a master storyteller. That’s not an easy thing to do. Even as a young woman, her lyrics were incredibly sophisticated and her melodies were channelling the emotion – it was in a whole ’nother universe to the usual songwriting formula. So I learned a lot from Joni Mitchell’s records. Blue is a work of art, the whole package.
May 12, 2023:
👉Last summer, Joni Mitchell made a surprise return to the stage at Newport Folk Festival, and now her performance is getting immortalized as a live album. AT NEWPORT arrives July 28 via Rhino. It was produced by Joni and her now-frequent collaborator Brandi Carlile and features liner notes by Cameron Crowe.
👉Last summer, Joni Mitchell made a surprise return to the stage at Newport Folk Festival, and now her performance is getting immortalized as a live album. AT NEWPORT arrives July 28 via Rhino. It was produced by Joni and her now-frequent collaborator Brandi Carlile and features liner notes by Cameron Crowe.
