The solace of Joni Mitchell's 'River,' a holiday song that defies merry and bright expectations (Salon.com, 2020) Fifty years later, Joni Mitchell will still make you feel BLUE (Chicago Now, 2021) Why Joni Mitchell’s sad “River” is a great Advent and Christmas song (Aleteia.org, 20...
" Mitchell admits at the very beginning of "Off Night Backstreet." The album this song appears on, which depicts Mitchell in blackface on the cover, was even more experimental than the last. But there's a slow groove to "Off Night Backstreet" that is welcome amongst the looseness of Don...
Hall, Jane (from "You Sing The Hits Of Joni Mitchell" - 1989) Hamill, Liz (from "Woodstock at the Crossroads" - 2012) Hammers, Dawna (from "Into The Mystic" - 2017) Hammett-Vaughan, Kate (from "So Lucky To Be Me" - 2007) HannaH's Field (from "Music Magic Medicine" - 2010) ...
Love and distance are the two great themes on Mitchell's mind—"Coyote" and "A Strange Boy" recount affairs on the run, while "Amelia" and "Black Crow" examine the high costs of freedom. Extended narratives like "Song for Sharon" and "Refuge of the Roads" have the emotional nuance ...
Joni Mitchell Returns Lauren Daigle, Brandi Carlile,Joni Mitchell, Jon Batiste, Holly Laessig, Jess Wolfe, and YolaKevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy A musical “this is your life” for the one and only Joni Mitchell, who was honored with theMusiCares Person of the Year...
Joni Mitchell will give her first-ever performance at the Grammy Awards this year. She is also attending the ceremony as a nominee for best folk album.
The brilliant singer-songwriter's first 10 studio albums, cut during an 11-year span, have been gathered in this import box set. During this run, Mitchell charted one of the most solid career arcs in contemporary music that then detoured into one of the
Morrissey Interviews Joni Mitchell: Melancholy Meets the Infinite Sadness The two songerwriters hold forth on promiscuity, chain-smoking, eating meat and suffering for one's art Music By David Wild Hits Joni Mitchell's rich body of work is ill-served by best-of cherry-picking. She has...
When Mitchell enters the song with her high, nearly wild yet perfectly modulated wail, it doesn’t blend; instead, her voice hits the others like a weather event, an intangible and irresistible current. Kept out of the spotlight, she still claims it—yet she also charts her own path, ...
June 22, 1971: Joni Mitchell Releases 'Blue' Joni Mitchellreleased her hauntingly beautifulBluein 1971, an album stuffed with rumination on lost love that would inspire dozens of future female singer-songwriters. It is still cited as one of the best and most influential releases ever. ...