Joni Mitchell recalls the pain from her earliest attempts to share her songs as a young piano student. “I got my fingers rapped with a ruler,” she tells Guitar Player. “‘Why would you want to compose ...

Just because it sounds pretty, doesn't mean it's a piece of cake. Here are three folk songs from the 70s that are actually ...

Music weaved across Joni Mitchell’s life from its beginning, even when she chose painting and visual art as her chosen medium to get through her struggles in school.

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To be fully transparent, this was initially going to be a very different essay. I first set out to chronicle Joni Mitchell’s transformation from a folk visionary to a jazz voyager; a story of ...

Joni Mitchell is known for her evocative songwriting and unique guitar-playing. Her music is so distinct to her that it’s difficult to mistake her for any other artist. As one of the defining voices ...

The iconic Joni Mitchell’s recent surprise performance at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival prompted a world-wide outpouring of love and respect. This was her first musical performance since suffering ...

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Although Joni Mitchell’s ascent to fame coincided with the rise of counterculture, the singer-songwriter never overtly protested the military like many of her contemporaries and fans. “I was not a ...

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