Joni Mitchell

Grammys 2013: Mood lifts at Clive Davis gala

2013-02-10 12:02:00

This post has been updated. Please see below for details. The annual pre-Grammy gala known as the Clive Davis party is an A-list showbiz summit�— "the invite everybody wants,” as CBS boss Les Moonves put it�— masquerading as an...

Riding shotgun with Dennis Zine across CD3

2013-01-25 06:45:00

Dennis Zine is trying to kill me. Or at least it seems that way. He’s driving across the grass at Lanark Park in his city car, enthusing about how responsive he is to his City Council constituents here in the West San Fernando Valley, explaining...

In Rotation: Angel Olsen's 'Half Way Home'

2013-01-11 07:46:00

A series in Sunday Calendar about what Times writers and contributors are listening to right now... Angel Olsen “Half Way Home” (Bathetic) A few Fridays ago at the little Bootleg Theater in Silver Lake, a singer and songwriter named...

Art appreciation 101: 'Glittering Images' by Camille Paglia

2012-12-28 07:00:00

-------------------- Glittering Images A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars Camille Paglia Pantheon: 202 pp., $30 -------------------- In the 1990s Camille Paglia established herself as a cultural critic to be reckoned with. Her daring...

Review: Lianne La Havas stuns a sold-out Roxy

2012-11-17 13:23:00

In another era, when musical overload and recorded abundance hadn’t so fragmented the listening public as to diminish the notion of shared tastes, a pitch-perfect performance such as Lianne La Havas’ at the Roxy on Friday night would have...

Rock 'n' Reubens in the Kibitz Room at Canter's

2011-10-14 00:00:00

Rock 'n' roll is to the Kibitz Room at Canter's what onions are to chopped liver. The two have been closely aligned since the little bar opened just off the beloved Fairfax Avenue deli's annex dining room in 1961. Only now, instead of a bunch of hippies...

A peaceful interlude at the Mojave National Preserve

2012-01-08 00:00:00

For a nation in perpetual motion, to cross the lands that make up the Mojave National Preserve has long meant only one thing: You are very nearly somewhere else. For westward-bound travelers, whether they came through open wilderness, along the now-...

Review: Carole King reveals the story behind 'A Natural Woman'

2012-04-25 00:00:00

My favorite scene in Carole King's long-awaited "A Natural Woman" comes near the beginning — appropriately, since the teen hitmaker was the epitome of an early starter. The high school student born Carol Klein had just signed a recording contract...

'Sweet Joe' Russell dies at 72; singer with the Persuasions

2012-05-13 00:00:00

"Sweet Joe" Russell, who spent half a century harmonizing with the Persuasions, an influential vocal group widely regarded as the "kings of a cappella," has died. He was 72. Russell died May 5 in a Brooklyn hospice after a long struggle with diabetes,...

Fashion books reviewed: 'City of Style,' 'By Invitation Only'

2012-05-20 00:00:00

Looking for a stylish read? Here are some very fashionable books out this spring. "City of Style" (Harper Collins, $21.99) is an approachable field guide to L.A. style in all its incarnations, whether Laurel Canyon bohemians or Mexican American cholas,...

Playlists to take you higher, lower or farther

2012-03-10 00:00:00

Here are sample playlists put together from my own (admittedly limited) library, each one "arced" for a particular purpose. Then I asked a few folks who can really pick out a tune to share their sample lists. AMINA KHAN PICK-ME-UP: It's siesta time....

Album review: John Mayer's 'Born and Raised'

2012-05-22 16:36:57

Few records were consumed by my internal jukebox as intensely as this. Words and lines that I as a reasonably reserved gentleman never expected to sing out loud in my car — "He makes my heart a cinemascope screen/ Showing a dancing bird of paradise" — have poured forth over the six

2012-12-14 12:43:17

Singer/Songwriter Joni Mitchell is 67 today. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

2012-11-05 13:57:00

Drummer Vinnie Colaiuta at the Herbie Hancock concert Thursday. Colaiuta has also worked with Frank Zappa and Joni Mitchell.

2012-05-03 00:00:00