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- Summary: The live recording of Joni Mitchell at the Newport Folk Festival in 2022 features guest appearances such artists as Brandi Carlile, Shooter Jennings, Wynonna Judd, and Marcus Mumford.
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- Record Label: Rhino
- Genre(s): Jazz, Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Vocal Jazz, Folk Jazz, AM Pop, Jazz-Rock
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Jul 27, 2023A remarkable recording, it can easily be considered an album for the ages.
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Jul 27, 2023Joni Mitchell at Newport is her victory lap.
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Aug 1, 2023“Newport” is a record you might put on for a personal triumph-of-the-human-spirit lift as much as the musicality. Fortunately, the musicality is really something, too.
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Classic Rock MagazineJul 27, 2023An album packed with absolute love and admiration that is moving and inspiring in the extreme. [Aug 2023, p.79]
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Jul 28, 2023There is no real attempt to deliver definitive readings, with the vocal interplay between Mitchell, Carlile and Mumford on A Case of You shifting from the original’s romantic intensity to loose and cheerful celebration. Nonetheless, there are moments that cut to the core, particularly when guest vocalists back off to allow Mitchell space to possess the song in a voice that may be lower and grittier than of yore, but remains supple, powerful and resonant.
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Aug 15, 2023Carlile’s voice sometimes overshadows Mitchell’s newfound alto, an intriguing new area in her vocal range that symbolizes the current wise and withdrawn period of her life.
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Jul 31, 2023Mitchell’s voice is gorgeous and rich throughout, a piece of high-pile cotton velvet warmed in the daylight. She renders “Both Sides Now” with the wisdom of survival, the “up and down” having still somehow delivered her here. But too often, her patient approach is swallowed by the tide of well-intentioned boosters, associates who make Mitchell feel like little more than an honorary guest at her own party.