Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell, born Roberta Joan Anderson (Fort Macleod (Alberta, Canada), november 7, 1943) is considered one of the most influential Canadian singer-songwriters.



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[hide] *1 early life  ==Life Course[ Edit] == When she was seven years old she took piano lessons and when she on her ninth due to polio in the hospital, she began singing for her fellow patients. Using a book by Pete Seeger she played guitar and ukulele .
 * 2 discography
 * 2.1 Singles
 * 2.2 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * Source 3
 * 4 external links

Joni married folk singer Chuck Mitchell in 1965 with, with whom she moved to the USA. This marriage did not last long, but after the separation she continued to carry the surname Mitchell.

In the 1960s she performed regularly in folk-clubs and coffee shops where they came to prominence because of its unique combination of voice, guitar playing and texts. In 1969, she appeared on the opening act for Crosby, Stills & Nash and went with Graham Nash in Laurel Canyon living.

She had hits including 'Big Yellow Taxi' (a song about the environmental issues), ' The Circle Game ', ' Chelsea Morning ' and ' Both Sides Now '. Joni Mitchell is seen as one of the most influential female artists of the twentieth century. In the 1970s, became her music from folky to more jazzy with the album Mingus, highlighted with the assistance of Steve Gadd, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorterand Jaco Pastorius, a tribute toCharles Mingus. Many of her texts were about emotional experiences or are socially-critical. They denounced consumerism, often the militarism in the US and the exploitation of the third world. "Dog eat Dog", in which she indicted the famine in Ethiopia, was her geëngageerdste album. In 1981, she was by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Canadian inducted into the Juno Hall Of Fame.

In 2002 she told to the American music magazine Rolling Stone that they might never need anything would record. In doing so, they expressed severe criticism on the music industry and on MTV. She introduced herself and Bob Dylan as examples of good singer-songwriters. In the same year appeared the album Travelogue, an overview of a large part of her work with Orchestra performed.

In 2007, at its 64th, publishes them her last album Shine. With her music career she would stop, said because the music industry has no attention more for authentic musical rendition.

Joni Mitchell is also active as a painter. ==Discography[ Edit] == ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 1968 Joni Mitchell (Song to a Seagull)
 * Clouds 1969
 * 1970 Ladies of the Canyon
 * 1971 Blue
 * For the Roses 1972
 * 1974 Court and Spark
 * 1974 Miles or Aisles (live)
 * 1975 The Hissing of Summer Lawns
 * 1976 Hejira
 * Don Juan's Reckless Daughter 1977
 * Mingus 1979
 * Shadows and Light 1980 (live)
 * 1982 Wild Things Run Fast
 * 1985 Dog Eat Dog
 * 1988 Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm
 * 1991 Night Ride Home
 * 1994 Turbulent Indigo
 * 1998 Taming the Tiger
 * 2000 Both Sides Now
 * 2002 Travelogue
 * 2004 dreamland
 * 2005 Songs of a Prairie Girl
 * Shine 2007