Just Another Diamond Day

her family wanted her to get a job. she wanted to travel, wander, lead a pastoral life. she took a horse and carriage to donovan's private island. she wrote songs along the way. she recorded the songs, released the songs, but didn't get much feedback; positive or negative. she saw joni mitchell on tv, singing and playing piano. she thought to herself how amazing and beautiful mitchell was, why should she even try. she put her guitar away, for while... i'll let her tell you the rest...

Spinning On Air is a really great radio show. Each week, the host, David Garland features one artist, or sometimes a group of artists whose songs revolve around a uniting theme. A couple of weeks ago, he did a show about singers and mountains! A musician himself, Garland is very receptive to both aesthetics and emotion. He's sincere and analytical, excitable and complimentary. When he had Sufjan on his show, he likened "Illinoise" to the newest "great american novel!"