Joni Mitchell says ‘Travelogue’ is her farewell recording
ByNov 12, 2002 11:00 PM
Joni Mitchell’s forthcoming two-disc album “Travelogue,” due in stores on Nov. 19, will be her last, the Canadian singer-songwriter told W magazine.
Joni Mitchell’s forthcoming two-disc album “Travelogue,” due in stores on Nov. 19, will be her last, the Canadian singer-songwriter told W magazine.
“I’m quitting after this because the business has made itself so repugnant to me,” Mitchell said in a story published in the magazine’s December issue.
Mitchell, 59, had telegraphed her intentions in other recent interviews. “[The music business is] calculated for sales, it’s sonically calculated, it’s rudely calculated, she told Rolling Stone earlier this year. “I’m ashamed to be a part of the music business. You know, I just think it’s a cesspool.”
“Travelogue" features orchestrated renditions of 22 of Mitchell’s previously released songs. A 70-member London-based orchestra and a 20-voice choir back her on the album.
Guests musicians include drummer Brian Blades, keyboardist Herbie Hancock, saxman Wayne Shorter, keyboardist Billy Preston, and bassists Larry Klein and Chuck Berghofer, among others.
Material on the album dates back as far as 1970. Among the tracks are “The Circle Game,” “Woodstock,” “The Dawntreader,” “For the Roses,” “Judgment of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)” and “Trouble Child.”