Hey, remember rock criticism? No, not record reviewing, which is what passes for criticism these days. I'm talking about taking an artist, looking over the artist's work, connecting the work and the artist to the larger culture, and drawing conclusions which illuminate the work, the artist, and the culture. Michelle Mercer has created the best piece of rock criticism I've seen in ages with Will You Take Me As I Am. You don't even have to be a Joni Mitchell fan to get excited by it. All that's required is intellectual curiosity and a willingness to entertain some thought-provoking ideas. Neither rockademic nor fan-girl, Mercer shows how it should be done.
-- Ed Ward, Rock and roll historian for Fresh Air with Terry Gross (NPR)
Related articles from the Library:
» Bluer Than You (Jazz Chronicles, 2009)
» Feeling Blue about Joni Mitchell's Blue period (NOW Magazine, 2009)
» Hoppe on the Arts: Bob Dylan & Joni Mitchell (Nuvo (Indianapolis), 2009)
» Joni Mitchell (Herizons, 2010)
» Joni Taught Me To Wait Before Judging Elizabeth (PoliticsDaily.com, 2009)
» The Hissing of Summer Lawns (Los Angeles Times, 2009)
» Two Prairie Girls (TMI Weekly (Kansas), 2009)
» Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period (Library Journal, 2009)
» Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period (Dirty Laundry, 2009)
» Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period (Rolling Stone (Germany), 2010)
» Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period (Music Box, 2010)
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