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Joni Mitchell already shines within the pantheon of popular music. After a silence of almost 10 years, the appearance of Shine is like a blessing. It also serves as a reminder that there are still great artists who are capable of breaking through the barriers of creativity to elicit emotions that are undefined, but related surely to pure rapture. The voice is a little more fragile and the register somewhat more restricted, but all else remains intact. The Canadian has a rare gift that combines writing, composition and interpretation, which is revealed in its full range on Shine. Mitchell offers up an amalgam of folk, pop, avant-garde and jazz (thanks to the saxophonist virtuoso, Bob Sheppard). Fans will find something of the flavour of Blue (1971), without the nostalgia. Mitchell's incisive and poetic pen, shaded by a certain gravity, fills with wonder us before bringing us down to earth : the state of our planet, our stupidity and war. With such seeming simplicity, such virtuosity leaves me spellbound. Magnificent.
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