by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 1, 2023 | Reviews, Take One
Prior to the release of her debut record in 1968, Song for a Seagull, Joni Mitchell worked the coffee shops and night clubs of Saskatoon and it’s surrounding areas. She was a Canadian artist who fashioned herself a folkie after Joan Baez and Judy Collins, and sang...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 1, 2022 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Playing in the ‘rock room’ today in a crispy audience recording spotlighting Joni Mitchell’s third show from a five night run at Berkley’s 6,000 seat Greek Theatre, September 14, 1979. Joni had taken a sharp turn away from commercial elements in her music since...
by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 2, 2019 | Now Showing, Reviews
Flickering on the ‘rock room’s’ flat screen today is a wonderful and intimate performance by Joni Mitchell on the BBC in 1970 called Joni Mitchell Sings the Songs of Joni Mitchell. It’s slightly puzzling to say the least that this ‘holy grail’ recording...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 5, 2017 | Reviews
Spinning in the navy of the early evening tonight in the ‘rock room’, is one of the finest and most famous of the revealing ‘singer songwriter’ records to emerge from the 1970’s. Joni Mitchell’s Blue illustrates through its honest human expression...
