Mitchell, Joni / Joni Mitchell at Newport
| Album: | Joni Mitchell at Newport | Collection: | A-File | |
| Artist: | Mitchell, Joni | Added: | Feb 2024 | |
| Label: | Rhino Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2024-03-03 | Pull Date: | 2024-05-05 |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 21 | Apr 14 | Apr 7 | Mar 31 | Mar 10 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 23, 2024: | Traditions
Both Sides Now |
4. | Apr 13, 2024: | Music Casserole
Both Sides Now, Help Me (Feat. Celisse) |
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| 2. | Apr 20, 2024: | Music Casserole
Help Me (Feat. Celisse) |
5. | Apr 10, 2024: | Comes to Mind
Big Yellow Taxi (Feat. Lucius) |
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| 3. | Apr 16, 2024: | Traditions
Summertime |
6. | Apr 03, 2024: | That's not Bluegrass
Big Yellow Taxi (Feat. Lucius) |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2024-02-14
Reviewed 2024-02-14
CONTEMPORARY FOLK / SINGER-SONGWRITER
This record of Joni Mitchell’s surprise live appearance at the Newport Folk Festival won the Grammy award for best folk album. Joni is helped out by about 2 dozen musicians billed as “the Joni Jam” and each listed inside the jacket. Notables include Brandi Carlile, members of the bands Dawes and Lucius, Marcus Mumford, Alison Russell, and Wynonna Judd. All songs are written by Mitchell except #7 (of course).
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1 Spoken intro by Brandi Carlile; she disguises Joni’s appearance until the very end (2:42)
2 Joyful & fun, even if a bit sloppy; the crowd gets into the spirit of the thing (2:41)
3 *** Brandi, Joni, & Marcus share the vocals on this gorgeous song about lost love. It’s from Mitchell’s classic Blue album. Be sure to have some Kleenex nearby. (4:52)
4 Approx 2 mins of talk about the Hejira album, then Taylor Goldsmith sings Amelia (7:59)
5 ** Joni slowly sings one of her signature songs tastefully backed by piano & cello (5:40)
6 mid-tempo instrumental, Joni on lead electric guitar (3:31)
7 *** Mitchell’s now lower voice is surprisingly strong on this Gershwin standard (5:53)
8 Brandi (mostly) & the group give a lively version of “Carey” that is not well mixed (3:38)
9 * an R&B tinged version of “Help Me” with newcomer Celisse on vocal & guitar (5:20)
10 Taylor Goldsmith gently sings a deep cut; it’s very pretty but doesn’t feature Joni (7:34)
11 Brandi Carlile sings a relatively new (& little known) song (5:45)
12 A full-group singalong. I wanted to love this, but honestly it sorta drags along (5:56)
This record of Joni Mitchell’s surprise live appearance at the Newport Folk Festival won the Grammy award for best folk album. Joni is helped out by about 2 dozen musicians billed as “the Joni Jam” and each listed inside the jacket. Notables include Brandi Carlile, members of the bands Dawes and Lucius, Marcus Mumford, Alison Russell, and Wynonna Judd. All songs are written by Mitchell except #7 (of course).
FCC clean
1 Spoken intro by Brandi Carlile; she disguises Joni’s appearance until the very end (2:42)
2 Joyful & fun, even if a bit sloppy; the crowd gets into the spirit of the thing (2:41)
3 *** Brandi, Joni, & Marcus share the vocals on this gorgeous song about lost love. It’s from Mitchell’s classic Blue album. Be sure to have some Kleenex nearby. (4:52)
4 Approx 2 mins of talk about the Hejira album, then Taylor Goldsmith sings Amelia (7:59)
5 ** Joni slowly sings one of her signature songs tastefully backed by piano & cello (5:40)
6 mid-tempo instrumental, Joni on lead electric guitar (3:31)
7 *** Mitchell’s now lower voice is surprisingly strong on this Gershwin standard (5:53)
8 Brandi (mostly) & the group give a lively version of “Carey” that is not well mixed (3:38)
9 * an R&B tinged version of “Help Me” with newcomer Celisse on vocal & guitar (5:20)
10 Taylor Goldsmith gently sings a deep cut; it’s very pretty but doesn’t feature Joni (7:34)
11 Brandi Carlile sings a relatively new (& little known) song (5:45)
12 A full-group singalong. I wanted to love this, but honestly it sorta drags along (5:56)
Track Listing