Of all the folk songsters from the 1960s, Mitchell has proven to have the strongest influence on jazz singers. Joni's Jazz features her collaborations with stars like Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.

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,” ...

The legendary singer-songwriter also shared the previously unreleased 1980 demo "Be Cool" Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

A little over a year after being celebrated at the Kennedy Center, Joni Mitchell will return to Washington for another lifetime achievement honor: the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular ...

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 ...

The Grammy winner was awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern ...

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 ...

Joni Mitchell — an only child born on the Canadian prairies — reinvented herself for more than six decades, aptly singing “I’m on a lonely road, and I am traveling, traveling, traveling, looking for ...

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 ...

A little over a year after being celebrated at the Kennedy Center, Joni Mitchell will return to Washington for another lifetime achievement honor: the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular ...