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Connections: Themes of Joni Mitchell's Blue album, and the music of female singer-songwriters

WXXI News | By Evan Dawson
Published August 16, 2017 at 3:38 PM EDT

NPR recently released its list of the top 150 music albums by women of all time. Joni Mitchell's Blue topped the list, inspiring the Smith Opera House in Geneva to celebrate with a tribute concert. One of the themes of Blue is women's reaction to the issues of the countercultural 1960s.

We discuss those themes and debate which albums deserved higher billing with our guests:
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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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