Joni Mitchell Shines on the Charts
10/04/07
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(PR) Joni Mitchell celebrates her highest debut in the SoundScan era with the release of her new album Shine on Hear Music. In its first week of release, the album debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard Top 200 and sold more than 40,000 units. This marks Mitchells strongest sales debut in a decade. Shine marks Mitchells return to music and is a superb collection of 10 songs that are at once compelling and poignant, exquisite and soulful, sublime and haunting. Shine has already been called the best album by an artist of her generation since Bob Dylans Modern Times by The Independent, and The New York Times described it as inward-looking and rhythmically complex. Shine is one of three new artistic endeavors launched by Mitchell this year. Last week in New York City Mitchell hosted a screening of the Alberta Ballets, The Fiddle and the Drum, which she served as co-creator and artistic director. The ballet includes two songs featured on Shine, If (based Mitchell's favorite poem by Rudyard Kipling) and If I Had a Heart. The screening was followed by an art show at Openhouse (201 Mulberry St.), curated by Violet Ray Gallery. Mitchells Green Flag Song, a mixed media photographic exhibition, is currently on exhibit until October 6th.
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