Music News - Tami Neilson releases Joni Mitchell’s 'River'
09 November 2021 - 0 Comments
As Joni Mitchell's Blue turned 50 in June this year, CBC Radio asked Tami Neilson to cover a song from the iconic album. Tami Neilson chose River, and it has been released digitally today - Nov 9th.
“It was a huge honour to be asked by CBC to perform my hero Joni Mitchell’s River, to celebrate her Blue album anniversary. (And, frankly, so daunting I almost said no!) This song is one I’ve carried in my heart for most of my lifetime, across miles and oceans “
Tami Neilson first heard Joni Mitchell's song River as a teenager.
"I was on tour with my family band all around Canada and the U.S. and for my birthday one year, my dad gave me the "Blue" album on CD. I was immediately obsessed."
For Canadian-born Neilson, River dives into the pain of homesickness, a sentiment that resonated deeply during her first Christmas living abroad in New Zealand, where she now lives.
"Being in the southern hemisphere, the seasons are flipped so it's really hot and summery, and it's so strange to be decorating your Christmas tree and in sundress.
I remember putting on the "Blue" album and the song River came on and I just immediately started sobbing. I know this song is about regret over a broken relationship.... But for me,
it just became this song about homesickness and longing, and that hits hard especially this year.”
Tami’s latest album Chickaboom! was released in February 2020, and although her world tour was cancelled, the album became Tam’s biggest release to date, with nearly 2M streams, placements in Snowpierecer and Family Law, and mass critical acclaim including rave reviews from Rolling Stone, No Depression, Billboard and more. Chickaboom! also earned Tami her first Juno Award nomination for Best Contemporary Roots Recording while winning New Zealand’s Best Country Song of the Year for lead single Hey, Bus Driver and for Best Country Artist.
Artwork By Maria Francesca Melis, an Italian-born illustrator and graphic designer who grew up in Sardinia, a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. She currently lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand.
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