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Take Me As I Am: A Joni Mitchell Tribute

Rainee Blake · Ages 21+ · Australia

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take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
NANCY BEVERLY certified reviewer July 11, 2023
An amazing performance! I loooooved the show!... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
MICHAEL FRANCO certified reviewer July 11, 2023
There is a reason this show swept the Fringe awards and it deserves every award and accolade it's won. Rainee Blake's portrayal of icon Joni Mitchell is spot on - note perfect from start to finish. I saw Joni Mitchell live when I was a kid, my cool Uncle took me to the show, I think I was 15. It was 1975 and I remember it all. I teared up a few times because when I closed my eyes, I was back there again listening to her doing the songs, the tuning, the stage banter, all of it. Thank you for reminding me why we love Joni Mitchell and in turn love your performance of her. ... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
CHRIS RAYMOND certified reviewer June 26, 2023
Magical evening with Joni Mitchell! Beautiful evening by Rainee Blake. ... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
CAROL M. BECKER certified reviewer June 25, 2023
Ever experienced the best toast of your life that is just the right about of golden brown, not burnt at all, has the right amount of crisp and is obviously your favorite bread on the planet? Got the visual image? Good. Now, if you add the best butter in the world to that bread... you'd be pretty darn happy, right? Well, imagine that for you, butter isn't quite enough to add... you need a little something extra, so you go all out and put that jelly or jam on there that was made at a state fair (cuz they have the best jam or jelly on the planet). Now and only now can you eat that toast. And even with this description, it doesn't do justice to the fine "piece of toast" performance that I was treated to last night. It was, by far, the m... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
STEPHEN NG certified reviewer June 25, 2023
Astonishing--a revelation. I've heard cover bands, who reinterpret songs in their own style. And I've heard tribute bands, who create faithful, frozen-in-amber reproductions of the originals. But this performance was something else--something akin to sorcery, as if we'd stumbled into a portal and wound up in a New York coffeehouse in the fall of 1969, and discovered a fresh, live, unrecorded performance from Joni herself. I saw Joni Mitchell in concert in Boston many years ago. Thank you for bringing this show to the Fringe. ... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
MEGAN FORD-MILLER certified reviewer June 22, 2023
tagged as: gifted musician · talented · magical
I was blown away, such an amazing talent!... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
DAVID BICKFORD certified reviewer June 19, 2023
This ticket was a last minute afterthought because I was going to be in the neighborhood with time on my hands...I did not expect this would be my favorite Fringe show of 2023! But WOW!!!!! So glad I caught this one. ... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
LEE STEFFEE certified reviewer June 19, 2023
Great music choices and performance! The way she embodied Joni was incredible. My wife and I spent our 1 year anniversary seeing this before dinner and had a great date to remember!!... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
KELLY MULLIS certified reviewer June 19, 2023
DON'T MISS IT!! ONLY ONE MORE SHOW TO SEE ON June 24th at 10:30 PM! One of the very best show at the 2023 Fringe Festival! I absolutely loved this show. From the moment she walks onto the stage she embodies Joni Mitchell in every aspect. The way she talks is spot on. Her singing pulled such deep emotions from me, I was on the verge of tears so many times. She is a super talented musician as well. Expert level! Thank you for a wonderful experience. ... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute
MELISSA CINDRIC certified reviewer June 18, 2023
It honestly took you back in time! Well I’m too young to have ever seen her in concert for real but Rainee had done an outstanding performance imitating Joni. She was Joni the entire time, bantering to the audience and telling life stories. You truly felt like you were at a concert! Rainee also had a beautiful voice. ... full review
take me as i am: a joni mitchell tribute