Here's a snippet from the Seattle Times' review of Rickie Lee Jones'
concert:
'Now in her mid-40s, Jones still performs some of the
jazz-and-pop-inflected songs of misfit youth that landed her on the
charts - songs that had critics likening her to Jack Kerouac and Betty
Carter; Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell (minus the latter's
high-priestess pretensions).'
This is the kind of remark that helped set me against Rickie Lee in
the first place. The press can certainly add fuel to what may have
been no more than little flare-ups of competitive jealousy or
resentment. I don't see why this writer felt the need to add a little
editorial swipe at Joni. It doesn't add anything to the review or
reflect well on anybody.
Mark E.
