1987: Tonight, Joni performs at the "Cowboys for Indians and Justice for
Leonard Peltier" benefit in front of an estimated 9,000 people at the
Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California. The Los Angeles Times
printed a review of the show, saying "Joni Mitchell, supported by a
jazz-accented band including saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Larry
Klein, followed with a 40-minute set that reinforced her reputation as a
daring, independent-minded songwriter and singer. Rather than lean toward
her most melodic and best-known early work, she concentrated on recent
material, previewing a song ("Lakota") from her upcoming album and offering
a dramatic rendition of "Tax Free." The latter tune, from her 1985 "Dog Eat
Dog" LP, rips at rightist televangelism with uncompromising ridicule and fury."
Read the article at: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/871030lat.cfm
1994: Today's New York Daily News continues the promotion of Turbulent
Indigo, publishing an article that reads "These days, Mitchell's
frustration with the business surrounds its emphasis on youth. Still, that
won't stop Mitchell's ambition. She enthuses about new synthetic
orchestrations for her guitar, about finding fresh ways to integrate
classical music and African rhythms. Won't such steps invite more criticism
of her ambition, as it did with her 1979 jazz LP, "Mingus"? "So what?"
Mitchell retorts, triumphant in anger. "To follow an idea through - in the
end, that's what counts."
Read it at: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/941027nydn.cfm
1998: Joni performs the first of two nights in the Detroit area. Setlist
and Jimdler reviews here: http://www.jmdl.com/performances/docs/981027.cfm
1999: Billboard releases some information on Joni's new album in progress:
http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/991027b.cfm
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