Joni Mitchell River Bbc Radio 4

Lynne truss on joni mitchell my muse series 2 journalist and broadcaster lynne truss celebrates the work of joni mitchell and tells the story of how she became and continues to be her muse.
Joni mitchell river bbc radio 4. Show more a new series of soul music begins with stories of joni mitchell s river from her iconic 1971 album blue. A song about the breakdown of a relationship and of a longing to be elsewhere that has become a melancholy christmas anthem. Joni mitchell isn t often associated with environmental activism but her famous 1970 hit big yellow taxi is one of the biggest green anthems to date. We will retain information submitted to us for possible future use to help fill in gaps in the data and to help us bring the bbc s broadcast history to life but we will not be publishing it at this.
Bbc radio 1 england 4 july 1971 19 00. Bbc radio 4 december 18 2018 a new series of soul music begins with stories of joni mitchell s river from her iconic 1971 album blue. It ended up with a series of singing escapades singing in the lobby with strangers singing in the bar and even the bartenders were singing. Personal stories of joni mitchell s song river from her iconic 1971 album blue.
Personal stories of joni mitchell s song river from her 1971 album blue. No matter where you are get ready for a listening delight from bbc radio 4. In december 2018 the song was the subject of an episode of bbc radio 4 s soul music examining the song s influence on people including mitchell s biographer david yaffe. And it was just this beautiful thing started to happen among people.
Ben platt as his character payton hobart performed the song during the first episode of the series the politician 2019 and on the soundtrack associated with the show.