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Following her 2018 breakthrough, By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile embraced many roles: Brandi the Underdog, a singer who conquered the mainstream after a decade of hustling; Brandi the Steward, ushering in the resurgences of icons like Elton John, Tanya Tucker, and Joni Mitchell; Brandi the Author, with …

Thanks to A Complete Unknown and the forthcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere, the concept of musicians intentionally throwing their audiences for a loop is back in the national conversation. But as Joni Mitchell would be the first to tell you, no one made a fan base engage …

“As exciting as watching trees sprout” is decidedly a pejorative idiom. Still, it’s somehow the perfect way to describe these elegiac bops. Indeed, Devonté Hynes, on his fifth studio LP as Blood Orange, manages to make life’s contemplative moments seem urgent, celestial, and rehabilitative. No actual trees sprout on the …

Cyndi Lauper performed the last show of her farewell tour Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl, where guests like Joni Mitchell, Cher, SZA and more helped send off the singer onstage. Mitchell, in only her second public live appearance of 2025, first joined Lauper for a rendition of “Carey,” the Blue …

Joni Mitchell’s next deep dive into her archives will focus on the singer-songwriter’s decades-long exploration into jazz music. Joni’s Jazz, out September 4, features 61 jazz-focused studio recordings, live performances, and alternate takes from Mitchell’s catalog, stretching from 1968 to 2023. Mitchell previously hinted at the release in the liner …

Haim delivered a decade-spanning performance for their latest appearance in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. The trio selected Addison Rae‘s single “Headphones On” for the cover portion of their mini-set, but echoed the song with a twist. With Danielle Haim at the helm, the group mixed Janet Jackson‘s 1997 …

Amanda Seyfried is just a big Joni Mitchell fan, OK? On Thursday’s episode of the Just for Variety podcast, the actress discussed her highly praised cover of Mitchell’s “California” during a recent appearance on the Tonight Show. The performance was so impressive that people began to speculate that she was …

Jimmy Fallon finally got the chance to break out the dulcimer he always keeps behind his Tonight Show desk just in case any of his guests are adept at playing the instrument — such as Amanda Seyfried. The actress was on hand Tuesday night to promote her upcoming TV show, …

Clive Davis’s famed Pre-Grammy Gala hit a major milestone Saturday night, as the event originally created to celebrate Barry Manilow’s first Grammy nomination has now gone on for 50 years as one of the award season’s most iconic fixtures. Like the rest of the Grammy programming this year, with Los …

With her seventh album as the Weather Station, singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman gets dangerously close to making the 2020s version of Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark that so many modern indie artists dream of coming up with. It’s an album that beautifully mixes pop, folk, rock,jazz, and ambient music, taking on …