Joni's Soul, London, June 9

Posted June 02, 2015

Tuesday 9th June at The Half Moon Putney, 93 Lower Richmond Road, London SW15 1EU £10 / £12

JONI'S SOUL was formed with an all-star line-up in Summer 2014 to celebrate the brilliant and prolific work of Joni Mitchell. Given that contemporary interest in her music and history has never been so strong since her 2001 musical retirement, and the fact she's made it clear there'll be no future live performances, interest and expectation for these UK shows is immense.

The five piece band, led by the beautiful from-the-heart vocals of Gina Foster (Eric Clapton, Sinead O’Connor) and guitarist Ronnie Johnson (Van Morrison, Bob Dylan), draw on their own emotional response to these songs to look beyond merely the faithful reproduction of the Joni Mitchell songbook and shine a light on the most soulful aspects of her words and music.

Coyote, Hejira, Edith and the Kingpin, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, River, Trouble Child, Help Me and Gina Foster’s gorgeous version of Both Sides Now - it’s through songs like these that the band explore the unique songwriting, harmonic concept and gift of performance Joni Mitchell so enduringly revealed in her iconic albums Blue, Court and Spark, Hejira, The Hissing of Summer Lawns and beyond …

With
Gina Foster (vocals) - Eric Clapton, Sinead O’Connor
Ronnie Johnson (guitar) - Van Morrison, Bob Dylan
Graham Harvey (keyboards) - Incognito, George Benson
Jonathan Noyce (bass) - Jethro Tull, Gary Moore
Richard Bailey (drums) - Stevie Winwood, Jeff Beck

Joni’s Soul with Hejira - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGYQPcZwJXo&feature=share