Joni Mitchell led a Joni Jam session onstage at the Hollywood Bowl over the weekend — but also backstage. On Tuesday, Brandi Carlile shared a video of numerous stars, including Mitchell, Lucy Dacus, Chappell Roan, and Elton John himself, singing along to the Rocket Man’s “I’m Still Standing.” Tim Hanseroth, …
Read More »Joni Mitchell Brings Classics and Deep Cuts to Triumphant Hollywood Bowl Concert
The moon is shining bright over the Hollywood Bowl and Joni Mitchell lets out a laugh. It’s the first of two sold-out Joni Jam concerts at the outdoor venue, her first headlining concert in Los Angeles in over 24 years; a couple years since Mitchell returned to the stage at …
Read More »Joni Mitchell's Latest Archives: Hop In, We're Traveling to the Late Seventies
Joni Mitchell remembers the moment she played her new album, Hejira, for a certain country star back in 1976. “Bonnie Raitt brought Dolly Parton to town,” she tells Cameron Crowe in the liner notes for her new Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980). “And we played back the album, …
Read More »This Scientist Says Listening to Music Can Fix Medical Issues, Like One Suffered by Joni Mitchell
Daniel J. Levitin is hardly your typical neuroscientist and writer. With his background as a musician, songwriter, and producer, he’s helped Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell with input on compilations, signed new-wave bands back in the Eighties, and had an uber-backstage pass to the Police reunion tour, where he was …
Read More »'Half-Breed' and 'Brown Sugar' Vanished: Why Classic Artists Are Censoring Themselves
This month, ahead of her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the publication of the first volume of her memoir, Cher will unveil a new career-spanning anthology “personally curated by the legend herself.” Her most expansive to date, Forever includes Cher’s earliest hits on her own …
Read More »Joni Mitchell at the Hollywood Bowl: Here's How to Get Tickets to the Icon's Shows Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been over two decades since Joni Mitchell headlined a concert in Los Angeles, but now fans will get to see the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter take the stage …
Read More »Joni Mitchell to Unearth Late Seventies Rarities This Fall
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Joni Mitchell will open the vault this fall, unearthing gems and rarities from the late Seventies. Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) arrives Oct. 4 …
Read More »Joni Mitchell Revisits Her Move From the 'Hit Department' to the 'Art Department' on Late Seventies Box Set
Following Joni Mitchell‘s return to Spotify, the singer-songwriter will release The Asylum Albums (1976-1980), out June 21 via Rhino. The box set contains a remastering of Mitchell’s albums from the late Seventies: 1976’s Hejira(1976),1977’s Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, 1979’s Mingus, and the 1980 live album Shadows and Light. You won’t …
Read More »Watch Joni Mitchell Cover Elton John's 'I'm Still Standing' With Her Own Lyrical Twists
Joni Mitchell performed Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing” at the Library of Congress 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song ceremony, which took place last month at DAR Revolution Hall in Washington, D.C., and aired last night, April 8, on PBS. Her rendition included lyrical twists to fit her own style, …
Read More »At Last: Joni Mitchell's Music Is Back on Spotify
Joni Mitchell has quietly followed Neil Young and put her music back on Spotify. Unlike Young, there was no official statement from Mitchell or her camp announcing or explaining the decision. Rather, it was fans on social media who noticed her catalog was back and spread with the news with …
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