Sat 16 November | This Flight Tonight

Acclaimed singer/songwriters Zervas & Pepper present ‘This Flight Tonight’ an intimate five-piece acoustic live tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell. Featuring songs such as ‘California’, ‘Blue’, ‘Woodstock’ ‘Both Sides Now’, ‘Coyote’, ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, ‘A Case Of You’, and many more.

Joni Mitchell is one of the most influential artists of the modern age, rising to stardom in
the late 1960’s, Her music and songwriting is the jewel in the crown of the Woodstock
generation. Bursting onto the scene with a sound entirely her own, Joni earned the
respect of her musical peers and the love of her audiences worldwide.

Mitchell’s albums and songs are widely recognised as masterpieces, standards that would
become the soundtrack to the lives of countless fans throughout the world and continue
to draw and inspire new generations of fans.

ZERVAS & PEPPER
Zervas & Pepper are Welsh Singer/Songwriters Paul Zervas and Kathryn Pepper. They
have been creating and performing original music for over a decade professionally.
The duo and their recording/touring band enjoy cult success on the UK and European
Folk/Americana scene and have released five critically-acclaimed studio albums and
undertaken countless live headline and support tours, receiving strong national and
international network radio support throughout their career and their original music
garnering praise and accolades from the likes of CSN&Y legend David Crosby, BBC DJ’s
Mark Radcliffe, Bob Harris, Lauren Laverne and Don Letts.

‘This Flight Tonight’ is a celebration of Joni Mitchell’s music that the duo have had in the
making for many years, and now 2023 will see them finally take this show on the road for
the first time.

The carefully-crafted set list will feature songs from Joni’s million-selling albums such as
Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon, For The Roses, Court and Spark, featuring many cuts from
her 1972 landmark release ‘Blue’.

“We are musical purist’s” Kathryn Pepper explains “If we’re going to present Joni’s music
for a live show then we are going to aim to recreate the performances almost exactly as
they were intended, as songwriters and performers ourselves we know that every single
note, inflection, momentary pause was placed there by the artist with intent.. We hold
Joni Mitchell’s music in the utmost regard and so we aim to capture its inner spirit and
channel its majesty into each live performance”

Paul Zervas says “Joni’s music has so much depth, musically, lyrically and melodically,
there’s so much to get your head around when attempting to recreate this classic
songbook.. As a guitarist who learned to play from listening to Joni’s incredible catalog,
it’s just staggering the sheer amount of alternate tunings, variances of chord positions
and nuanced harmonic voicings that have gone into all these songs. We aim to be as
authentic as possible when performing this music as it’s these important facets that the
fans want to hear, with Joni’s music her tunings and alternative melodic approaches are
just as important as her lyrics, its the interplay between to two that create the full picture
of Mitchell’s evocative landscape.”

As young songwriters Zervas & Pepper like many music fans were beguiled by Mitchell’s
music.. “This music had such a profound effect on me that I completely immersed myself
within Joni’s albums. Musically complex, lyrically intriguing.. I became an avid listener.. I
learned to use my voice in ways I hadn’t for my early bands” Kathryn recalls..
“We’ve thought long and hard about the type of show we ourselves would love to see as
lifelong fans of Joni Mitchell’s music, We kept returning to what we consider to be the
nucleus of Mitchell’s work, that pivotal break-out period 1968-1976 Reprise/Asylum
Record era with the voice, guitar and piano front and centre. An intimate acoustic vibe
that should feel like the audience is having a private listening session at Joni’s house in
Laurel Canyon during the summer of love. Whilst we may not be able to actually fly in
Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor or Mama Cass.. we hope to invoke that spirit in our
show.”

Band Line up –
Kathryn Pepper – Lead Vocals/ Dulcimer/ Percussion
Paul Zervas – Acoustic Guitar/Backing Vocals
Andrew Brown – Bass Guitar
Charlie Herbert– Piano/Keyboards /Backing Vocals
Sam Andrews – Percussion/ Electric Guitar/Backing Vocals