KWCW

Despite being a walking advertisement for how smoking can ruin a beautiful voice, Joni Mitchell can still write a damn good song. For “Shine,” she has tackled the heavy subjects of genocide and the growing war on the environment, even revamping her classic anti-DDT anthem “Big Yellow Taxi” for a 2007 audience. As in all of Mitchell’s later work, jazz is a major influence (“One Week Last Summer”), but she’s still at her best when she picks up an acoustic guitar and sings from her heart (“This Place”). I can forgive her for destroying her vocal cords, because her music still makes me miss California and still makes me want to save the world.
Grade: B
-Katie Presley

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