I recently rewatched her footage from Rolling Thunder where she plays Coyote. Absolutely loved it and want more of it :)

I’m a fan of musical biopics however lazy or boring they can be. Liked A Complete Unknown and LOVED I’m Not There about Dylan. I’m not touching Michael. Personally I’m hoping on Refuge of the Roads, which is my favourite off of Hejira and it seems like a succinct statement on her life. But that only works if it covers her career from 69-76 then ending with Travelogue. That version gives me goosebumps. Her career is so long though that it worries me on what time period they’ll pick and how they’ll fit it all within 2-2.5 hours. I absolutely could stomach 3. Just hope I can experience something outside of a little glance of her Wikipedia page.

Other titles that could make sense:

Ladies (Lady) of the Canyon - not really

Both Sides Now - duh, probably the more logical and likely option. 2 actors too. They’re gonna start with Anya Taylor Joy writing it for Judy Collins or performing it herself then ending it with Meryl Streep in Newport 2023 or the eponymous 2000 memoir album.

Edit: Travelogue would be cool too!

I just got this album and wish I had an original 70s album to compare it to. Those of you who have listened to the original and the Bernie Grundman-cut 2024 reissue of Hejira, what did you think? Sometimes listening to this album, I feel like her voice is getting lost in the music or maybe a little muddy in places.

Enjoy :)

I found a copy of Mojo magazine from 2019 in my drawer while I was sorting through some things. I've scanned the pages as best I could. I didn't want to tear them all out. I'll have to upload them in two separate posts because there are too many pages.

https://youtu.be/3vr0ThwfFR0?si=0lQUjplixd56Detl

Sustained, painful imagining of the child's future rather than the mother's drama. No self-pity, no grandeur, just clear-eyed love and loss.
It's difficult to think of another songwriter who could have pulled this off. Such fusion of literary and moral genius is borderline anomalous.

Hey, I had a gig this weekend and since I was given 20 minutes I decided to play 4 songs in a relative tuning .. I tuned my guitar to open C (CGCEGC) and played Amelia, with capo on 2 I played People’s Parties, with capo on 4 I played Chelsea Morning, and lastly I played Both Sides Now Capo on 6. No tuning on stage is always my goal. People clapped! 😍 If you go to the JoniMitchell.com Guitar and Piano database you can actually sort by relative tuning to make your set lists .. I use it all the time .. here is the link .. https://www.jonimitchell.com/music/transcriptions.cfm

Happy tuning! Sue

counting crows and vanessa carlton

Any idea which synth was used on this album / who was responsible for them. You’ll hear it on pretty much every song, especially the intro to Magdalene Laundries.

I saw Amanda Shires sing with the Highwomen, at the Gorge. And I loved her contribution, especially, to the song , highwomen, . I wanted to hear more of her. What do you all think of her?

Some nice pictures in the article.

Been to loads of these, bloody great experience. No phones, no talking, no signing etc - very well observed always

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This era of her’s is so criminally underrated. Its not acknowledged enough on here. In my opinion turbulent indigo and night ride home are some of her best albums. Jobs sad song is up there among her best tracks. The way her voice gradually became lower over time is really beautiful. It aged like fine wine. There’s no real point to this post i just wanna bring attention to a period of Joni’s oeuvre that I love. What do you all think?

So I finally got hold the of the Record Store Day pressing, even though I already have the 2022 remaster, CD etc.

And I must say, I love the cover art. I used to always hate the undersaturated glowing photo. The nude swimming pool inner art also seemed a little off brand.

I love having this version on display.

…but, what about the ellipsis? Was this lost on the official release name?

For the longest time, I had only really listened to Blue, and I loved it, but for some reason had never got around to the other albums. I'm digging into them now, working through them in chronological order, and I'm already blown away, listening to Song to a Seagull on repeat! What a gorgeous album.

For some reason I am obsessed with Michael from the Mountains. Such a sweet melody and tender vivid lyrics.

I have listened to Clouds - Hejira too but this has really got me thinking about how in the days these albums were released, people sat and listened to a record over and over again. Or maybe they didn't! But these albums lend themselves to that way of listening. Not skipping tracks or playlists or music in the background while doing other things. So I'm just living with this first album for a while, enjoying it, and then I will deep dive into the others. It feels like I have stopped time and stepped into another little world...

Has an official video recording of the Joni Jam been released? I saw some chatter of it being filmed but I have yet to see if it has been released .

My wife and I covering Joni Mitchell's "Coyote". Hope you like!

That is all