Joni Mitchell News

Observing the evolution of young Marissa Mulder's cabaret career is like watching a high jumper going for the gold at the Olympic Games. With every show or performance, she and the creative teams around her set the bar just a little bit higher and she keeps clearing the dang thing. But with her new Tom Waits Tribute Show, which opened last night at the Metropolitan Room (and continues through Saturday night, all at 7pm), the bar was raised multiple notches, and damn if she didn't clear it with inches to spare. With Tom . . . In His Own Words/The Songs of Tom Waits, Mulder has vaulted herself into major cabaret performer territory and even managed to stick the landing.

This summer Tift Merritt will tour with Gaslight Anthem throughout the Northeastern U.S.; please see below for a list of dates.

CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced today that the incomparable k.d. lang will perform on CTV's live broadcast of THE 2013 JUNO AWARDS.

I was a middle child. My brother's older and autistic; and then my younger sister. So being a middle child I sang to get my parents' attention. I old hop up on the table and sing Ricky Martin 'Shake Your Bonbons.' It was sort of a call out and I loved singing. I wasn't even good. I was just loud. After September 11 was when I started writing songs. I changed for me the direction of what I wanted to do with the songs and the world I wanted them to live in. I was 13. Then I started gigging when I was 14 or 15. I would go and play my set and have to leave immediately because I was under 21. I didn't really start touring full-time until I dropped out of Berklee College of Music that's when I was like, 'Well, I need to do this for real. ' I think one of the things I'm lucky to have is the sheer lack of a back- up plan. So when things weren't working, it wasn't about doing something else to supplement it, it was about making it work. And it's been working so far.

With the premiere of One Night With Janis Joplin at the Pasadena Playhouse tonight, March 15, writer-director Randy Johnson brings yet another electrifying musical experience to Southern California audiences.

This week at Joe's Pub at the Public, March 11-17, will feature The New Yorker, Mike Daisey, Condola Rashad, Barb Jungr, Champagne Jerry, John Naberezny, Amy Correia, Tora Fisher, Erin Markey, Anne Steele, Justin Vivian Bond, Carol Lipnik/Poor Baby Bree and Roge.

Atlantic recording group The Staves have announced the long awaited US release of their acclaimed debut album. 'DEAD & BORN & GROWN' will be available in stores and at all domestic DSPs on March 19th.

Conductor Albert-George Schram and the Columbus Symphony will present trumpeter Chris Botti, touring in support of his newest release, Impressions, winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. Botti's stellar parade of releases-starting with 2004's When I Fall In Love and continuing with To Love Again, Italia, and the CD/DVD Chris Botti In Boston-have firmly established him as the world's largest selling jazz instrumentalist with several Grammy nominations and three #1 albums on Billboard's Jazz Albums listings.

Luminato today announced three extraordinary offerings of theatre, music and dance - two Canadian premieres and a world premiere - as part of the 7th Annual Luminato Festival running June 14 - 23, 2013. Packaged together as the Premiere Series, tickets go on sale March 20.

All shows are at The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road Vienna, VA 22182.

Former boxer turned bluesy rocker Paul Thorn returns to The Barns at Wolf Trap with his gritty vocals and powerful Southern beats. T

Stamford Center for the Arts brings back Irish music legends Paddy Moloney & The Chieftains on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 8 PM at Stamford's Palace Theatre. Opening acts include The Low Anthem, Sultans of String and Bagad New York. Tickets are on sale now at www.SCAlive.org. Six time Grammy winners, The Chieftains, are now recognized for bringing traditional Irish music to the world's attention.

Direct from a sold out season at New York's prestigious 54 Below, the Tony Award nominated Broadway star Sherie Rene Scott brings her acclaimed show, Piece of Meat - one of Time Out New York's Best of 2012 - to the London Hippodrome for three nights only in a strictly limited run from tonight 21st to Saturday 23rd February 2013.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will honor Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award during its 30th annual Pop Music Awards, it was announced today by ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams.

West End and Broadway superstar Ruthie Henshall has just released her new solo album, I'VE LOVED THESE DAYS..., featuring an ecclectic assortment of musical material sure to please fans of the triple-threat performer on both shores and beyond.

Haitian singer Emeline Michel celebrates the release of her latest CD, Quintessence, which has been five years in the making, with a glorious display of Creole soul March 8 and 9 at Harlem Stage. Two Haitian writers of note featured on the new recording will perform alongside Michel: novelist Edwidge Danticat and legendary storyteller Jean-Claude Martineau will read their poetry and recite stories about the power of their nation's spirit, backed by a 12-piece band. Classically-trained Haitian tenor James Germain also shares the spotlight, displaying fresh and unexpected aspects of Haiti's diverse culture.

Clive Davis and The Recording Academy presented the Pre-GRAMMY Gala, continuing the party that has been a Davis legacy for more than 30 years. This exclusive, star-studded celebration was attended by artists and industry VIPs in music, film and television and featured spectacular musical performances.

International songstress Ana Moura has emerged as one of Portugal's leading voices of traditional Fado (which means "fate"; fado is her country's soulful answer to the blues). She embarks on an extensive national tour, including a performance at Three Stages that will embrace both the emotional folk music of her country and her own pop sensibility.