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A Tribute to Joni Mitchell  Hear it Now

RS: 3of 5 Stars

2007

This twelve-song salute to the folk-jazz-rock giantess is all over the place in terms of quality and in the variety of the artists involved (Sufjan Stevens and Prince, Bjšrk and Emmylou Harris, jazzbo Brad Mehldau and Caetano Veloso). The highlights: Stevens' uptempo "Free Man in Paris," complete with trumpet fanfare, and Prince's version of "A Case of You," which he turns into an ace piano ballad. But Sarah McLachlan and Annie Lennox don't do Mitchell any favors with their tepid covers of "Blue" and "Ladies of the Canyon," respectively, which verge on New Age schlock.

KEVIN O'DONNELL

(Posted: Apr 17, 2007)

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