Deb Messling posted:
<< NY Daily News review: full text
Repaving paradise
Joni Mitchell orchestrates her past;
JONI MITCHELL
"Travelogue" (Nonesuch)
Who but Joni Mitchell would have the nerve to record a tribute album to
herself?...
If Mitchell's vocals can seem detached from the immediacy of the
experience, she connects to a newly considered point of view. Placed amid
the grandeur of the orchestral arrangements, Mitchell sounds as if she
were looking back at her earthly experiences from the afterlife,
delighting in the perceptions and errors of her past with a serene
wisdom.
In the end "Travelogue" seems almost like a supernatural piece of theater
unlike anything else out there, and quite apart from anything the artist
has done before. From Joni Mitchell, should we expect anything less? >>
This is BEAUTIFUL!!!
I've been wondering when the all-star tribute to Joni would
finally be released.
Did Joni suddenly switched from Reprise to Nonsuch for Travelogue
because Reprise insisted on putting Madonna on her long promised tribute
album???
SOMETHING must have REALLY pissed her off to quit music forever!
;~*
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