Folk
Joni Mitchell: Part 4 - Joni and the jazz bassists
"Now we are black and white, embracing out in the lunatic New York night"
Rebecca Blundell looks at the three albums Joni Mitchell made with fretless jazz bass player Jaco Pastorius in the late… Audio
Joni Mitchell: Part 3 - Fame takes its toll
"The lights go down and it's just you up there"
Rebecca Blundell looks at Joni Mitchell's life in the early '70s from the recording of Blue which ended in Mitchell's emotional collapse, through her… Audio
Joni Mitchell: Part 2 - The '60s Recordings
"Songs like tiny hammers hurled at bevelled mirrors in empty halls"
Rebecca Blundell looks at Joni Mitchell's early song-writing, focussing on the late '60s recordings.
At the time Mitchell's… Audio
Musical Chairs - Martin Curtis
Cardrona-based folk singer-songwriter, school bus driver and rural postie, Martin Curtis, sings of New Zealand's goldmining and rabbiting history and of its environmental issues. Audio