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ALBUM REVIEW: Third Archive Collection Finds Joni Mitchell Reshaping Her Sound

ALBUM REVIEW: Third Archive Collection Finds Joni Mitchell Reshaping Her Sound

Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) shines a light on a transitional phase in Mitchell’s music. Spanning the period during which she released For the Roses, Court and Spark, and the truly groundbreaking The Hissing of Summer Lawns, it is, in many ways, the most vital

Chris Pierce’s Long Road to Touring with Neil Young and ‘Let All Who Will’

Chris Pierce’s Long Road to Touring with Neil Young and ‘Let All Who Will’

The sun beat down relentlessly as the crowd filtered in late through the gates of the amphitheater in Ridgefield, Washington, where Neil Young was scheduled to play one of a handful of shows he’d booked in out-of-the-way venues for his first tour since the pandemic. Expectations and temperatures were

ALBUM REVIEW: Bruce Cockburn On a Roll with ‘O Sun O Moon’

ALBUM REVIEW: Bruce Cockburn On a Roll with ‘O Sun O Moon’

Bruce Cockburn has been a revered musical icon in Canada for more than half a century, but despite being championed by the likes of Jerry Garcia and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and being famously called out by Eddie Van aHHalen as the world’s greatest guitarist, he has never caught

ALBUM REVIEW: Neil Young Takes a More Tempered View on ‘World Record’

ALBUM REVIEW: Neil Young Takes a More Tempered View on ‘World Record’

The world record that Neil Young sings about on his so-named 42nd studio album isn’t one that anyone’s likely going to want to lay claim to or take credit for. Climate change, dirty water, air the color of charcoal, soil that won’t sustain life, and the incessant

ALBUM REVIEW: Through the Eyes of the ‘Spanish Villager,’ Ondara Demands That We See Ourselves

ALBUM REVIEW: Through the Eyes of the ‘Spanish Villager,’ Ondara Demands That We See Ourselves

It’s like walking into a kitchen when something’s cooking. Delicious smells envelop us, but a few minutes later we stop noticing the aromas until someone new walks in and says, “Wow, that smells great.” We are so immersed in our own realities that we can’t pick up

Drawing Conclusions on the Wall: A Visit to the Bob Dylan Center

Drawing Conclusions on the Wall: A Visit to the Bob Dylan Center

Who knew that Bob Dylan was such a hoarder? Until 2016, when details about the contents of his personal archives began to emerge, it’s unlikely that even the most ravenous Dylan scholars had any idea of just how much stuff he’d held onto over the years. It was

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘The Blue and The Gold,’ Ndidi O and Trish Klein Honor the Women of Blues Music

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘The Blue and The Gold,’ Ndidi O and Trish Klein Honor the Women of Blues Music

“The Blue and the Gold” is a loving tribute to the pioneering women of the blues created by Ndidi O and Trish Klein, two highly respected veterans of the Vancouver, British Columbia, roots music scene. Ndidi is a Northern British Columbia native of Nigerian extraction whose singing reflects a truly