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Joni Mitchell as a musical artist, has been restlessly innovative, her music evolved from deeply personal folk styling into pop, jazz, avant-garde, and even world music, presaging the multicultural experimentation of the 1980s and 1990s by over a decade. Fiercely independent, her work steadfastly resisted the whims of both mainstream audiences and the male-dominated recording industry. While Mitchell's records never sold in the same numbers enjoyed by contemporaries, none experimented so recklessly with their artistic identities or so bravely explored territory outside of the accepted confines of pop music, resulting in a creative legacy which paved the way for performers in a broad range of genres to cover her songs. Born Roberta Joan Anderson in Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada, on November 7, 1943, she was stricken with polio at the age of nine; while recovering in a children's hospital, she began her performing career by singing to the other patients
Joni Jazz, Part 1
by Chuck Lenatti
Born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943, child of the Canadian Prairie, Joni Mitchell showed signs of becoming an artist at a young age. In Joni Mitchell in Her Own Words (ECW Press, 2014), a collection of conversations recorded over the years, musician and reporter Malka Marom wondered what inspired her friend's early ...
Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 Releases
by Kyle Simpler
Although the main Record Store Day event occurs every year in April, the Black Friday drop gives record collectors a chance to find some one-of-a-kind releases to wrap up the year. The list always features music from a wide range of genres, and, of course, there are plenty of jazz releases available. However, these are limited-edition ...
Linda May Han Oh: Jazz e innovazione
by Frank Housh
Linda May Han Oh è una delle artiste più innovative ed affermate della scena jazz di oggi, con collaborazioni che vanno da Dave Douglas a Vijay Iyer e Pat Metheny. L'ultimo album, Strange Heavens (Biophilia Records), vede la partecipazione di Ambrose Akinmusire e Tyshawn Sorey, già presenti in Honey from a Winter Stone di Akinmusire.
Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band, Gino Amato & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band and Gino Amato, with birthday shoutouts to Alice Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Adrienne Fenemor, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Linda May Han Oh, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rachel Eckroth and Vicki Burns, among others, plus a remembrance of Honorable Man Ronny Whyte. Happy listening and ...
Dave Redmond: The Next In Line
by Ian Patterson
Ireland probably has more good jazz bassists than at any time before but ask who the most in-demand bassist in the country is and the answer is most likely Dave Redmond. The Dubliner has been a key player on the Irish jazz scene since the early 2000s, playing with Irish guitar greats Louis Stewart and Tommy ...
Emma Hedrick: Newcomer
by Kyle Simpler
As long as there are songs, there will be singers to sing them, but there is a slight difference between a singer and a vocalist. Singers, no matter how talented, tend to remain in the foreground with the band in support. A vocalist, however, uses the voice as an instrument, becoming an integral part of the ...
Rebecca Martin: She
by Angelo Leonardi
Sono trascorsi esattamente trent'anni da quando la EMI pubblicò il debutto della 26enne Rebecca Martin (Once Blue), nel gruppo omonimo col bassista Ben Street, il chitarrista Kurt Rosenwinkel e il batterista Kenny Wollesen. Da allora la cantautrice ha pubblicato tredici album (sei da leader) con musicisti a lei particolarmente affini: non solo il marito Larry Grenadier ...
Wild Iris Brass Band, Maria Muldaur, Kieran Brown, Dawn Clement, Peter Lin, Anna Laura Quinn, Allan Harris & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Wild Iris Brass Band, Maria Muldaur, Kieran Brown, Dawn Clement, Peter Lin, Anna Laura Quinn and Allan Harris, with birthday shoutouts to Mavis Staples, Carol Morgan, Carolyn Leonhart, Suzanne Pittson, Marina Albero, Iris Ornig and Honorable Man Billy Eckstine, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see ...
The Song Poetry of Torhild Ostad and Kazzrie Jaxen
by Jakob Baekgaard
While many singers interpret songs, few elevate them into song poetry--a fusion of lyricism and phrasing that transcends genre. This rare quality emerges when voice, words, and musical interplay coalesce into something greater than the sum of their parts. It is a phenomenon found in the recent albums by Norwegian vocalist Torhild Ostad and pianist-singer Kazzrie ...
