‘Hejira’ is a 7-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late ‘70s. Having released the albums ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’, ‘Hejira’, ‘Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter’ and ‘Mingus’ (regarded as her ‘jazz period’), Joni then toured briefly with a band formed from the crème de la crème of contemporaneous jazz musicians (Metheny, Mays, Brecker, Pastorius and Alias). The tour was recorded, producing the outstanding live album, ‘Shadows And Light’; it is from this album that the band Hejira is drawing the body of its repertoire. Comprising highly experienced jazz musicians, this band is fronted by the brilliant Hattie Whitehead who not only has - in her own way - assimilated the poise, power and beauty of Joni’s vocals, but also plays guitar with Joni’s stylistic mannerisms. Expect an evening of the ‘great’ songs from Mitchell’s back catalogue! More information here

An intimate acoustic Tribute to the music of JONI MITCHELL.

Featuring songs California, Blue, Woodstock, Both Sides Now, Coyote, Big Yellow Taxi, A Case Of You.

UK singer/songwriters Zervas & Pepper present what they consider to be the nucleus of Mitchells work, that pivotal break-out period 1968-1976 with the voice, guitar and piano front and centre. An intimate acoustic evening that should feel like the audience is having a private listening session at Jonis house in Laurel Canyon during the summer of love. More information here

Joni Mitchell is the epitome of the singer/songwriter. From innocent hippie ballads to recent prophetic social commentary, her lyrics are poetry set to emotionally complex harmonizations. From folk to jazz her compositions are examples of modern-day art songs.

Kate Foley-Beining, backed by a trio of Sonoma County jazz greats, will add dulcimer, guitar, and piano to the tonal mix embracing her vocals. Tom Hayashi/drums; Tom Shader/bass; and Christian Foley-Beining/guitar. More information here

The King’s University is holding a Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert on Saturday, November 25 at 7:30 p.m.

The Joni Mitchell Tribute concert wraps up the first annual King’s University Vocal Arts Week. Students of The King’s University and surrounding community music academies will perform a variety of Joni’s music from her early beginnings to her later albums. The evening will be a celebration of Joni Mitchell, community, and the beauty of the prairies. More information here

It's called JONI, the new album and project by Rossana Casale, a 'jazz' homage to the great American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, considered the great mother of American songwriting.

Casale says: “She was my first guide, my very first listening along with my father's jazz albums. I would lock myself in the living room and put on her albums, especially 'Blue' and let myself be carried away by the words of her incredible lyrics. With 'Woodstock' played only on the black keys of the piano, at sixteen I successfully passed the singing admission to the Conservatory in Milan. From her, for the entire first part of my career, I drew inspiration for my harmonic choices in composition and in the songs other musicians wrote for me, to which I added those lyrics, that wanted to comunicate my stories but without ever being too direct. In this album I respected her writing in the development of each song and then gave jazz the role of flight, of the painter who sweeps with the colors, inspired by Joni's words". With Rossana Casale, on the album and on tour, her now historic band: Emiliano Begni (piano), Francesco Consaga (Soprano Sax and Transverse Flute), Ermanno Dodaro (double bass), Gino Cardamone (jazz guitar). Produced by Rossana Casale for Egea Music

Rossana Casale, born in 1959, is an artist and singer-songwriter on the Italian music scene with more than 17 albums released to date. More information here