Joni Mitchell

**Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell** CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Drawing from folk, pop, rock, and jazz, Mitchell's songs often reflect social and environmental ideals as well as her feelings about romance, confusion, disillusionment, and joy. She has received many accolades, including nine Grammy Awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Rolling Stone called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever", 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 busking in the streets and nightclubs of Toronto, Ontario. In 1965, she moved to the United States and began touring. Some of her original songs ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides, Now", "The Circle Game") were covered by other folk singers, allowing her to sign with Reprise Records and record her debut album, Song to a Seagull, in 1968. Settling in Southern California, Mitchell, with popular songs like "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Woodstock", helped define an era and a generation. Her 1971 album Blue is often cited as one of the best albums of all time.

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## Links to Kershaw

Andy Kershaw in the No Off Switch blog, published in 2013, mentioned that he was a fan of the singer since the age of about 13 and also that she never made a duff record:

> *"Joni and I became hitched the instant I saw some concert footage of her – it must have been on Whistle Test – when I was about 13, and we’ve been together ever since. Ridiculously talented and imaginative, she’s always been her own girl, impossible to categorise or to pin down, and spinning off on experimental musical tangents with each new album. She was working with overseas musicians years before the gormless label “world music” was conceived. And she’s an unrepentant smoker. She’s never made a duff record. (I remember doing most of my A Level revision to rotation plays of Ladies Of The Canyon)."* [1]
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## Shows Played

1985
* 28 November 1985: Three Great Stimulants (LP - Dog Eat Dog) Geffen

1988
* 14 April 1988: Carey (LP - Blue) Reprise

1996
* 14 April 1996: All I Want (LP - Blue) Reprise
* 05 May 1996: Carey (LP - Blue) Reprise

1999
* 04 March 1999: Dreamland (CD - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter) Asylum

2001
* 12 October 2001: A Case Of You (CD - Blue) Reprise
* 23 November 2001: Dreamland (CD - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter) Asylum

2002
* 11 January 2002: Otis And Marlena (CD - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter) Asylum
* 15 March 2002: The Jungle Line (LP - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns) Asylum
* 03 May 2002: Coyote (2xCD - Shadows And Light) Asylum
* 24 May 2002: You Turn Me On I'm A Radio (LP - For The Roses) Asylum
* 22 November 2002: A Case Of You (CD - Blue) Reprise
* 27 December 2002: Amelia (CD - Travelogue) Nonesuch

2003
* 21 March 2003: The Fiddle And The Drum (CD - Clouds) Reprise
* 26 October 2003: You Turn Me On I'm A Radio (LP - For The Roses) Asylum
* 16 November 2003: The Three Great Stimulants (4xCD - The Complete Geffen Recordings) Geffen
* 30 November 2003: Ethiopia (CD - The Complete Geffen Recordings) Geffen

2004
* 19 September 2004: Dreamland (CD - Dreamland) Asylum
* 10 October 2004: Carey (CD - Dreamland) Nonesuch
* 24 October 2004: You Turn Me On I'm A Radio (CD - Dreamland) Asylum

2006
* 02 July 2006: Woodstock (CD - Ladies Of The Canyon) Reprise

2007
* Desert Island Discs: Carey (CD - Blue) Reprise
* 07 May 2007: Dreamland (album - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter) Asylum
* 14 May 2007: Otis And Marlena (album - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter) Asylum

2021
* Andy Kershaw Podcast Episode 3: Raised On Robbery (CD - Court And Spark) Asylum

2023
* Andy Kershaw Podcast Episode 20: Cactus Tree (album - Miles Of Aisles) Asylum

## External Links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Official Website