Tag Archives: Joni Mitchell
Bad Timing
Joni Mitchell has become an American citizen, after living in the US since the mid 1960s. Somehow it seems like a betrayal. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada. She has an entry in The Canadian Enyclopedia. She just received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Junos (the Canadian equivalent to the Grammy […]
The Mighty Ninety Three
At midnight tonight the clock will stand still. And the song will begin to play once more. A new year and a new era will begin. At midnight, as November 14, 1975, became November 15, Joni Mitchell’s “You Turn Me On I’m A Radio” became the first song broadcast on radio station CKCU-FM. It has […]
Rolling Thunder Review
I was there. But I didn’t make it into the movie. Marty Scorsese’s latest film was released yesterday, not in theatres but on Netflix, which seems to be taking over the filmmaking world. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story is a look back at Bob Dylan’s landmark 1975 tour. It is an interesting choice […]
Bob Dylan II – Rolling Thunder
It seems a little silly to wait 41 years to do a concert review. It isn’t like the reviewer is going to remember much if anything about the show. But Thursday’s announcement that this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature was being awarded to Bob Dylan got me to thinking about the first time I saw […]
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