Both Sides Now
Feb 8 Reprise Records releases "Both Sides Now", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 17th studio album, a collection of torch songs, including re-worked versions of two of her own, backed by an orchestra
Music Premiere
Feb 13 Robert Wilson and Lou Reed's avant garde opera "POEtry", based on the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe, premieres at the Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
Grammy Awards
Feb 23 42nd Grammy Awards: "Smooth" by Santana; Christina Aguilera win
Two Against Nature
Feb 29 Giant Records releases American rock band Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature", their eighth studio album, and first in 20 years; it wins four Grammy Awards.
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