After getting her start performing in coffee shops and nightclubs in her native Canada, Mitchell would go on to set a new standard marrying music and lyrics. With such songs as “Both Sides, Now,” ...

Joni Mitchell has historically been a master at turning complex, vulnerable emotions into gorgeous songs. It’s what made her such a big deal back in the day; she inspired the singer/songwriter ...

Two of the most gifted young songwriters in metro Phoenix — Izzy Mahoubi and Sydney Sprague — have collaborated on a haunting cover of the Joni Mitchell song “Big Yellow Taxi” as part of a forthcoming ...

Whether compared to folkies of the 1960s or contemporary artists working today, Joni Mitchell is an incomparable musician. Some of that came by chance and child misfortune. Her intricate tunings, for ...

Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's spectacular transition from acoustic folk singer in the '60s through folk-rock 'n' roller in the early '70s to leader of jazz-inflected bands in the mid-'70s ...

The moon is shining bright over the Hollywood Bowl and Joni Mitchell lets out a laugh. Surrounded by her Joni Jam band — Brandi Carlile, Jacob Collier, Lucius, Blake Mills, Robin Pecknold, and others ...

Joni Mitchell’s astonishing artistry — and her refusal to compromise — made me a fan for life. As she approaches her 80th birthday, there is so much to celebrate. If I’d written this piece about Joni ...

Joni Mitchell is this year's winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. Since the lifetime achievement award was established in 2007, it has gone exclusively to A-list ...

The Library of Congress has named its next recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The prestigious honor will go this year to the legendary folk singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Born in ...