Who was the creative force behind this jumpy little world music sortie? Could it be that Robert Plant had Paul Simon’s yearnings for a broader world music horizon? Is this limiting the input of the rest of the members? Not! The story goes Jimmy Page got the idea for the Samba beat from a World Cup soccer tournament in 1978.
Rae Isla is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer from Seattle, WA, now living in Los Angeles, CA, and Brooklyn, NY. She often refers to her Alternative, folk-pop music as “ether pop” and Complex refers to her sound as having a “noticeable influence of Americana and even a touch of country in the sliding guitars and wistful writing.”
On “Rainy Night House” being about Cohen, Mitchell confirmed to Malka Marom: “Yeah. I went one time to his home, and I fell asleep in his old room, and he sat up and watched me sleep. He sat up all night, and he watched me to see who in the world I could be.” Allan Showalter Joni Mitchell
