Emmylou Harris

A stellar array of artists tip their hats to the endlessly creative, truly idiosyncratic Joni Mitchell. Prince leads the pack with a heart-stopping reading of "A Case of You," but everyone from Bjork and Emmylou Harris to Sufjan Stevens and Elvis Costello craft little gems that take you somewhere new while leading you back to Joni. Mitchell's fellow Canadians k.d. lang and Sarah McLachlan also contribute, while Cassandra Wilson and Brad Mehldau offer haunting jazz interpretations.

This twelve-song salute to the folk-jazz-rock giantess is all over the place in terms of quality
and in the variety of the artists involved (Sufjan Stevens and Prince, Bjšrk and Emmylou
Harris, jazzbo Brad Mehldau and Caetano Veloso). The highlights: Stevens' uptempo "Free
Man in Paris," complete with trumpet fanfare, and Prince's version of "A Case of You,"
which he turns into an ace piano ballad. But Sarah McLachlan and Annie Lennox... More >