I just got in from doing some shows in North Dakota where we travelled from Minot to Bismarck and on to Fargo. Looking all across the U.S. Northern Plains I thought of Joni growing up nearby among all that space and sky. Awesome views up there. It really moved me at times. Anyway, I got home and went straight to the music shop and got TRAVELOGUE. It is a masterpiece. Plain and simple...a masterpiece. If those folks down at the Grammy Board don't nominate this for Album of the Year, then they are truly idiots. And I don't mean a sub-category like Pop Album or Jazz Album or Best Traditional Pop... I mean the BIG one. (She's a shoo-in for Packaging Grammy, too.) I avoided down-loading from the Nonesuch site, but WNYC-FM played some tracks 2 weeks ago on Jonathan Schwartz' great radio show and he just gushed about T'LOG. I hope she has at least a decent chart debut on BILLBOARD, too. OH, I really am loving this album. Just wanted to share with folks who are as excited as me. Bye! Harry NP: CHINESE CAFE (Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
