Joni Mitchell News

On November 25, 1976, the five members of The Band -- Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson - played their last concert together.

Polytoxic is trying something new for its annual pre-Thanksgiving performance of "The Last Waltz." Friday, the music event will make its debut at the Boulder Theater.

After three albums of singer-songwriter fare colored with the kind of instrumentation that would get it categorized as Americana, Herring has stripped things down on her fourth.

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES 35th Anniversary Celebration of Joni Mitchell When: 8 p.m. tomorrow Admission: $23 at the door; concertsatthecrossing.com When musician Joni Mitchell released her album "Court and Spark" in 1974, she dared to do something different.

Joni Mitchell and Neil Young both hail from Canada, grew up musically in Toronto and later went on to become celebrated singer-songwriters around the world.

Take a look at the biographical blurb and accompanying author photo on the back cover of David Hajdu 's latest book, Heroes and Villains , and you'll discover that not only is Hadju a professor, but he looks like one.

If you've ever wondered why a close group of friends might like completely different types of music, blame their genes.

Vancouver's nightlife was hopping on Oct. 16, 1970. Liza Minelli was wrapping up a stint at the Cave.

Visiting a friend in Boston in the fall of 1968 I caught a live show with James Taylor opening for Joni Mitchell in a basement dive with benches for seats.

If you like folk music, Vail Valley, then I'll bet you like songs by James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Peter Seger, John Denver and Peter, Paul and Mary.

When a young lady picked up a guitar and sang at Cross Creek Country Club in August, a blindfolded person might've thought they were hearing a folk-music legend - Joni Mitchell or Joan Baez, perhaps.

Every once in a while, a song will emerge to invigorate the environmental movement, and help bring an overlooked plight to the attention of the masses.

"YOU don't know what you've got 'til it's gone," bemoaned noted US political commentator Joni Mitchell.

I begged him to haunt me. Just do it, darling, I said. Come to me in the night. I won't mind.

Patti Loach and Patricia Zentilli play the Tank House at 3:45 p.m. Saturday as part of the Canwest Cabaret Festival.

Women of heart: the seven Australian singers who will perform at the Opera House on Friday.

It sounds like a bubbling brook, it looks like sunlight filtered through green leaves, and it smells like fresh air after a spring rain.

"Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'Till it's gone" -- Joni Mitchell, "Big Yellow Taxi" Some conservatives are prematurely salivating over President Obama's declining poll numbers, According to a recent Gallup daily tracking poll, "the nine-point drop in the most recent quarter is the largest Gallup has ever measured ...

Joni: A Tribute to the Legendary Joni Mitchell. Melbourne International Arts Festival.

ONE of the hits from this year's Moseley Folk Festival will be returning to Birmingham early next month.