Joni Mitchell and Neil Young return to Spotify

 

In 2022 Joni Mitchell left the streaming platform Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young's protest over it hosting anti-vax content. Now both artist's music is back on Spotify.

Why is that? Read more here!

Steely Dan's Joni Mitchell cover finally available

Steely Dan. Photo: Danny Clinch.

It popped up a couple of months ago. Steely Dan's cover of the song Carey recorded for a tribute album released in 2007 on Nonesuch Records titled just A Tribute to Joni Mitchell. Back them it had been in the works for seven years!

We wrote about it in 2006 stating a lot of the songs and artists that in the end didn't make the album. Including Steely Dan. Click here to read that post.

It should be said that this is not an official release, but it is out and being shared. Want to hear it?

Here's a Youtube link.

And here's one more from another Youtube poster who's done a "gentle remaster".

We're happy to finally hear the Steely Dan version even if it is more
than 20 years after it was recorded.

60's recordings by Neil Young and Joni Mitchell discovered

The Michigan History Project has discovered a treasure of historic musical recordings made in Ann Arbor, Michigan during the late 1960s.
The reel-to-reel tapes include recorded performances by artists as Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tim Buckley and others.

The non-profit organisation is now looking for a record label that would be interested in releasing the recordings.

Read more here.

Radio Dupree Top 20 - May 2014

1. Joni Mitchell - Down to You
Court and Spark

2. Steely Dan - King of the World
Countdown to Ecstasy [2008 SHM-CD Remaster]

3. Blue Floyd - Fearless
Begins

4. Yes - Close to the Edge: The Solid Time of Change
Close to the Edge

5. Samuel Purdey - Lucky Radio
Musically Adrift

6. The Kinks - I Need You
Sunny Afternoon

7. Deep Purple - What's Goin' on Here
Burn

8. Steely Dan - Your Gold Teeth
Countdown to Ecstasy [2008 SHM-CD Remaster]

9. David Bowie - Lady Stardust
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

10. Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids
Countdown to Ecstasy [2008 SHM-CD Remaster]

11. Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown - On The Third Day
12. Eight Wonder - Having It All - Absolute Beginner
13. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (excerpt) - Tubular Bells
14. Frank Zappa - The Illinois Enema Bandit - Zappa In New York
15. The Who - Substitute - Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy
16. Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky - The Wall
17. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - THE PEAK - Goldfingers
18. Stevie Wonder - They Won't Go When I Go - Fulfillingness First Finale
19. State Cows - Careful With The Chainsaw, Dear - The Second One (Japanese Edition)
20. Santana - El Nicoya - Abraxas

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Chart compiled by listeners voting
on the songs they hear on Radio Dupree

Now and then we moan about the lack of women on this chart. Most of the female artists we play is ignored by our listeners when it comes to actions that put them on our monthly chart. One exception is Joni Mitchel who this time around takes the top spot. A rarity indeed on the Radio Dupree Top 20!

Even more rare on the chart is the group The Kinks who make it to number six, and it's "cheers" and "welcome" for first time charting Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.  

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BBC Joni Mitchell interview

Come in from the cold is a two part interview where Amanda Ghost talks to Joni Mitchell. It was done before the release of her album Shine (2007), and aired for the first time in March of that year.

You can catch it online. Here are the local times for the two shows if you'd like to listen "live":

Saturday 15 November: 19.00 (2 pm ET, 20.00 CET)
Tuesday 18 November: 22.30 (17.30 ET, 23.30 CET)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/jonimitchell.shtml

It's Joni Mitchell time!

We just got Joni Mitchell's new album Shine and have started to add songs to our playlist.
Tune in and hear her first record of new music in five years.

You can read her comments on all tracks in this article.

Weekly Top 10

One day late thanks to some screwed up stats in the deepest bowels of live365.com's computers.
They had to "recrunch´" the data. And here's the result! You, the listeners, have voted these your favourites the past seven days:

1. Joni Mitchell - Impossible Dreamer - Dog Eat Dog
2. Ray Manzarek - Sun Boat - The Golden Scarab
=. Joni Mitchell - Cool Water - Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm
4. David Sancious - Valley Of The Shadow - Just As I Thought
5. Larry Carlton - Rio Samba - Mr. 335 Live In Japan
=. Frank Zappa - Let's Move To Cleveland - The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
=. Focus - Tropic Bird - Mother Focus
8. Steely Dan - Haitian Divorce - The Royal Scam
=. Pink Floyd - Green Is The Colour - More (soundtrack)
10. David Bowie - Eight Line Poem - Hunky Dory

So how can I partake in the making of this chart? Easy! Go listen to Radio Dupree and use the up, down, wish or maybe even buy buttons in the player window.