Album

Marianne Trudel & Karen Young - Portraits: songs of Joni Mitchell

All songs by Joni Mitchell



Karen Young: voice

Marianne Trudel: piano, arrangements

Released on October 5, 2018

Marianne Trudel and Karen Young, two exceptional, engaging, genuine artists, are joining forces here for an original and extremely touching take on songs by Joni Mitchell. One piano, one voice: atmospheric, intimate, and moving. Freedom, tenderness, spontaneity, and musical complicity distinguish this fabulous duo album.

Press

  • “Wow! An album of such refinement, liberty, respect, quality!” — Sylvain Cormier, Le Devoir (Québec, Canada, 2019)

  • “The disc’s version of Both Sides Now is a tour de force.” — Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen, (Canada, 2018)

  • “The poetry, the harmonies: nothing but beauty. In one piece: Both Sides Now.” Guillaume Bourgault-Côté, Le Devoir (Québec, Canada, 2018)

  • “Portraits: Songs of Joni Mitchell: a serious candidate for next year’s best jazz album!” Ralph Boncy, Voir (Québec, Canada, 2018)

  • “Both sides now: a stunning moment, delivered with great emotion, that we would have liked to have last forever.”. Normand Provencher, Le Soleil, (Québec, Canada, 2018)

  • “The beauty, poetry, and richness of Joni Mitchell’s songs have found a perfect vehicle for expression in the duo formed by Montréalers Karen Young and Marianne Trudel.” Frédéric Cardin, Ici musique, (Québec, Canada, 2018)

Recorded at Studio PM (Montreal, Quebec) July 2018

Recording and mixing: Rob Heaney

Cover: Pascal Milette

Produced by: Marianne Trudel, Productions Marianne Trudel