...coming out of the cobwebs for a quick thought... Regarding Travelogue: while my personal taste would have appreciated Joni doing these songs with a more jazzy arrangement, (I'm picturing Joni playing PIANO with the same musicians Diana Krall had for Live In Paris...wow...)the thing that immediately jumped out at me (again and again and again), is the genius of the SONGWRITING.
I loved Joni's voice in the past, and I love it now with it's 55 year old character. I loved Joni's guitar and piano and dulcimer playing in the past, but truthfully, many people sing or play as well as she does. For my money, very few (maybe no one) can equal her ideas in lyric and songwriting. That's where her genius lies and that's what keeps me coming back. Maybe that's why some people are disappointed in Travelogue, there's no fresh material. But I get a new rush from hearing these songs in a new setting. I'm hearing some of the same songs that I've heard for 20 years...and I'm awed all over again. ...back to the corner, me... Vicki
