For this birthday tribute we will revisit four previous posts. First it was a link to an interview. A lady said Blue was her favorite album all all time, and a man enthusiastically agreed. Given the apples and oranges quality of her catalog, it would be tough to pick one album as a favorite. PG then realized that fbf was going to be thirty soon.

Is Joni Mitchell Gay?



Loving Joni Mitchell: You don’t have to be gay
She has received many accolades, including nine Grammy Awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Rolling Stone called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever", [2] and AllMusic has stated, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan , and throughout western Canada, before moving on to the night clubs of Toronto , Ontario. In , she moved to the United States and began touring. Her album Blue is often cited as one of the best albums of all time; it was rated the 30th best album ever made in Rolling Stone ' s list of the " Greatest Albums of All Time ", [5] rising to No. She then switched labels and began exploring more jazz -influenced melodic ideas, by way of lush pop textures, on 's Court and Spark , which featured the radio hits " Help Me " and " Free Man in Paris " [9] and became her best-selling album.


Joni Mitchell
How Brandi Carlile, an avowed nonbeliever, learned to love Joni Mitchell. By the end of the evening, she also looked thoroughly delighted, especially after Carlile came down from the stage and presented her with a large floral bouquet. She was accompanied by about a dozen musicians and two singers — the duo Lucius, a.
By Elio Iannacci November 22, In a rare and wide-ranging interview spanning 90 minutes, singer-songwriter-artist Joni Mitchell spoke from her home in Los Angeles. Her latest project [released in ], a box set called Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced , combines her experience as a Grammy-winning musician, a painter and a dance enthusiast by collecting 53 songs into four discs from 40 years of recording. A: I thoroughly enjoyed it. I had a hard time condensing what I wanted to say into one act [or disc].