This year's bumper crop of great music books includes titles on Joni MItchell, Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna, the Rolling Stones, the Bee Gees and more.
Jann Wenner may not have seen fit to interview Joni for his book, "The Masters," telling The New York Times that she is "not a philosopher of rock and roll." But we know he is wrong. We know that Joni Mitchell is a giant of the arts, a giant who somehow, still walks among us...
Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell By Ann Powers Those in search of a standard-issue Joni Mitchell biography had best look elsewhere. Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell is a document of obsession, written for obsessives; a book whose first pages are dedicated to figuring out whethe...
Sometimes a once-beloved work feels like a relic, like a junior high yearbook autographed with the names of people I no longer remember. Other times, I find myself understanding and appreciating it in new ways. That's the case with Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You." When Diana Krall...
Joni Mitchell Blue, Court and Spark, Ladies of the Canyon 604 votes See: The Best Joni Mitchell Songs Though primarily known as a folk singer-songwriter, her deep love for jazz informed her groundbreaking work throughout her career. With a distinctive voice and unparalleled ability to convey ...
In her debut book,Our Moon, Rebecca Boyle sheds new light on our familiar nighttime companion. Despite having a vast ground to cover, given the moon’s 4.5-billion-year entwined history with Earth, Boyle writes with clarity and wonder. The book is part encyclopedia, part lunar biography and...
A recording of his performance, along with performances by Joni Mitchell and James Taylor, was released by Greenpeace in 2009. Traveling: 1971–1975 Phil Ochs rewrite of his song "Here's to the State of Mississippi" into "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon". Typed at the apartment of...
but his influence and reputation as one of rock's most terse songwriters has arguably only grown. It was difficult for writers to pin down Reed's character in life, and to do so in death is no easy feat. Will Hermes is not the first person to write a biography of the Velvet Undergrou...
but his influence and reputation as one of rock's most terse songwriters has arguably only grown. It was difficult for writers to pin down Reed's character in life, and to do so in death is no easy feat. Will Hermes is not the first person to write a biography of the Velvet Undergrou...
but his influence and reputation as one of rock's most terse songwriters has arguably only grown. It was difficult for writers to pin down Reed's character in life, and to do so in death is no easy feat. Will Hermes is not the first person to write a biography of the Velvet Undergrou...