With her four excellent musicians, the Stuttgart singer Birgitta Menzer presents all her favorite songs by Joni, and the listener can experience what it means when Joni Mitchell says about herself "I'm painting with words and music".

Birgitta Menzer - lead vocals
Peter Windisch - open tuning guitar, vocals
Obe Pfluger - soprano, tenor saxophone
Stefan Funk - cajon, percussion, udu
Martin Menzer - keyboards, moogbass, vocals

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I will be performing a concert in Trondheim, Norway on March 17, together with my tribute band «WE ARE STARDUST» - a group of friends who met 25 years ago in high school playing Joni's songs. We are all educated musicians now, performing in bands and orchestras in Norway, but with the same passion for Joni's songs, and I guess, a deeper understanding for the lyrics now than when we were youngsters. We are looking forward to perform a lot of songs from the albums «Court and Spark», «Hejira» and «Blue», a couple of songs from the «Mingus» album, other hits like «Flat Tires», «Woodstock», «Big Yellow Taxi» and of course the most beautiful song ever written «Both Sides Now».

Heidi Skjerve: Vocals, piano
Marthe Belsvik Stavrum: Flute, background vocals, percussion
Øivind Dybvig Johnsen: Saxophone, guitar, background vocals
Magnus Slørdal: Guitars, background vocals
Andreas Hamre: Bass, acoustic guitar, background vocals
Stian Lundberg: Drums, percussion, background vocals
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Four of the region’s strongest female lead voices will celebrate Joni Mitchell‘s music at Cohoes Music Hall on March 11. On a not to be missed night, the four women will come together to celebrate Mitchell’s memorable career.

Local greats Belle-Skinner, Zan & the Winter Folk, Hold on Honeys, and Girl Blue will perform her beloved music in their own voices at the Hall. Each of these women has emerged in Nippertown as a strong artist in their own right and will combine forces to recreate the magic of Mitchell’s music starting at 8 pm.

Zan Strumfeld, now of the Winter folk but previously a solo artist is well beloved for lullabies and ballads, as well as bluegrass and rock. Herself a compelling figure on stage, Zan’s presence commands attention that will lend itself well to Mitchell’s vibe.

Belle-Skinner has a soprano voice that she lends to music to create nostalgia for the listener, and she’s been compared to Mitchell by reviewers. Her music is described as both haunting and beautiful, capturing the essence of melodic lyrics.

Newcomers Hold On Honeys will bring a younger vibe to this concert. The trio of women from Troy, Emily Curro, Raya Malcolm, and Shannon Rafferty sing three-part harmony with show stopping accuracy and beauty.

And finally, Girl Blue, Troy’s Arielle O’Keefe, will add a sexy and powerful voice to the mix. If you’ve heard Girl Blue before, you’ve likely cried, jumped, and danced all in one set. O’Keefe’s well-known control over her pitch while letting loose with volume and energy should shine some extra magic on the night.

Tickets are still available at Cohoes Music Box Office (518) 434-0776. More information here

Sure to please not only Joni fans but lovers of music and poetry alike, this concert will be a spine-tingling evening you won’t want to miss. Celebrated Queensland artist Katie Noonan will be presenting Joni Mitchell’s Blue accompanied by guitar virtuoso Jeremy Sawkins.

Over the past 20 years, five-time ARIA award-winning artist Katie Noonan has proven herself one of Australia’s most hardworking, versatile and prolific artists. Named one of the greatest Australian singers of all time by The Herald Sun, Katie has produced 21 studio albums throughout her career, with seven times platinum record sales under her belt and 27 ARIA award nominations that span diverse genres. More information here

The Joni Project Quartet, featuring Katie Pearlman, formed as a tribute in sound and spirit to Joni, and is quite simply the finest on the scene today. Katie is a remarkable multiple-instrumentalist, and impressively plays Joni's songs in their original open guitar tunings. The Joni Project Trio also includes jazz and jam band mainstays Dave Berg on guitar, Alan Lerner on percussion, and Mark Mancini on keyboards. Together, the group brings fresh interpretations to Joni's legendary tunes from their many eras and genres - particularly from the time of her stunning and dynamic collaboration with Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker. More information here

Sure to please not only Joni fans but lovers of music and poetry alike, this concert will be a spine-tingling evening you won’t want to miss. Celebrated Queensland artist Katie Noonan will be presenting Joni Mitchell’s Blue accompanied by guitar virtuoso Jeremy Sawkins.

Over the past 20 years, five-time ARIA award-winning artist Katie Noonan has proven herself one of Australia’s most hardworking, versatile and prolific artists. Named one of the greatest Australian singers of all time by The Herald Sun, Katie has produced 21 studio albums throughout her career, with seven times platinum record sales under her belt and 27 ARIA award nominations that span diverse genres. More information here

On the 3rd March, Peggy’s Skylight will be putting on a celebratory concert of music by the unique, brilliant and inspirational artist, Joni Mitchell. Bandleader for the project, Pete Oxley, writes:

"I have long been a massive fan of Joni Mitchell’s music, ranging from the sparse, folky early albums (such as ‘Blue’) to the late, gorgeously lush albums arranged by the brilliant Vince Mendoza (‘Both Sides Now’ and ‘Travelogue’). Somewhere in the middle of her career was what some people describe as her ‘jazz period’ - and it is from this era that we will be creating the programme for this gig.

Many of you will be aware of the album called ‘Shadows And Light’. This is a 'Desert Island Disc’ for me - not just because her band comprises a whole load of my favourite musicians, but because as a live album, it fizzes with an incredible, electric atmosphere from the off! The songs on the album are beautiful, exciting and, as always with Joni, totally touching in the poignancy of the lyrics. There is a DVD of this concert and it is clear that Joni must have been totally living the dream, performing her masterpiece works with this group".

And so to our band for the 3rd March: firstly, taking on the role of Joni Mitchell will be Hattie Whitehead - who not only pulls off the qualities of Mitchell’s singing…but also plays guitar like Joni, involving all sorts of Mitchell’s ‘open tunings'! Hattie grew up, surrounded by world-class musicians - being the daughter of the outstanding saxophonist, Tim Whitehead. Aside from mastering Joni’s mannerisms, Hattie is a great singer/songwriter in her own right: she won the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition in 2016 and has had hundreds of thousands of streams of her original works listened to.

The band also features the superb (New Jazz Generation) keyboard player, Chris Eldred. Chris was winner of the Yamaha 'Award for Outstanding Jazz Musicians’ and was the keyboardist with the National Youth Jazz orchestra (NYJO) between 2008 and 2014.

For the purposes of not going on at length here - and because most of you will be aware of their work - we’ll just list the total personnel for this gig; however, let us assure you that this line-up comprises only very, very fine players! The band will be:

Hattie Whitehead ~ vocals & guitar
Ollie Weston ~ tenor & soprano saxophones
Chris Eldred ~ keyboards
Pete Oxley ~ guitar
Dave Jones ~ bass
Rick Finlay ~ drums
Keith Fairbairn ~ percussion

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Sure to please not only Joni fans but lovers of music and poetry alike, this concert will be a spine-tingling evening you won’t want to miss. Celebrated Queensland artist Katie Noonan will be presenting Joni Mitchell’s Blue accompanied by guitar virtuoso Jeremy Sawkins.

Over the past 20 years, five-time ARIA award-winning artist Katie Noonan has proven herself one of Australia’s most hardworking, versatile and prolific artists. Named one of the greatest Australian singers of all time by The Herald Sun, Katie has produced 21 studio albums throughout her career, with seven times platinum record sales under her belt and 27 ARIA award nominations that span diverse genres. More information here

Joni's Soul began as a collaboration between highly respected ‘from-the-heart’ singer Gina Foster and world-class guitarist Ronnie Johnson, attracting some of the UK's finest players with a shared love for the musician they consider the greatest singer/songwriter of the last half century.

Coyote, Hejira, Edith and the Kingpin, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, A Case of You, Trouble Child, Help Me and Gina Foster’s gorgeous version of Both Sides Now – it’s through songs like these that the band explore the unique song writing and gift of performance Joni Mitchell revealed in her iconic albums Blue, Court and Spark, Hejira, The Hissing of Summer Lawns and beyond.

Performers:
Gina Foster Vocals
Ronnie Johnson Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Patrick Johnson Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Ross Stanley Keyboards
Richard Bailey Drums
Steve Pearce Bass
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Redtenbacher's Funkestra perform this celebration of the legendary Joni Mitchell.

They are a world class band of international musicians who have played with the likes of David Bowie, Elton John and Herbie Hancock. They are also a multi-million streaming band in their own right.

The line up also features three elite vocalists: Mim Grey (McCartney, Tom Jones, Dave Stewart); multi-million streaming Radio 2 play-listed Jo Harman (duetted with Michael McDonald and Joan Baez); and Mike Mayfield who has worked with dozens of household names such as Ed Sheeran and Jessie J to name but two.

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