‘Hejira’ is a 7-piece band set up to celebrate and honour the masterpiece works of Joni Mitchell, mostly from the late ‘70s. Having released the albums ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’, ‘Hejira’, ‘Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter’ and ‘Mingus’ (regarded as her ‘jazz period’), Joni then toured briefly with a band formed from the crème de la crème of contemporaneous jazz musicians (Metheny, Mays, Brecker, Pastorius and Alias).

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Hejira - Celebrating Joni Mitchell

Swindon Arts Centre

Hosted by Vernon Kay, Piano Room Live – a showcase brought to you by SJM Concerts - follows the phenomenal success of BBC Radio 2’s month long series, where pop’s most loved artists perform their best-known tracks alongside legendary covers, accompanied by the renowned BBC Concert Orchestra, at the iconic Maida Vale studios.

BBC Radio 2 Piano Room Live: David Gray

Opera House Manchester

Dunford’s public chronicle of home creates vivid portraits of real people, the persistent spirit of community and a sense of completely unfiltered emotion. Latest single from the album, ‘Billy Flynn of Bethnal Green,’ was inspired by a friend of his father, a former East End boxer who found a new identity in Soho’s drag scene. Meanwhile, also taken from the album, ‘The Local’ celebrates a historic love for the pub and the many characters it houses each weekend. With no airs and graces, Dunford explains, “I wanted it to capture the antics, the sense of community – it’s where I go when I’m up, down, or somewhere in between.”

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Upcoming events

Mar 28, 2025

Louis Dunford · 3Olympia Theatre

Past events

Nov 14, 2024

Hejira - Celebrating Joni Mitchell · Swindon Arts Centre

Sep 13, 2024

BBC Radio 2 Piano Room Live: David Gray · Opera House Manchester

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