Joni Mitchell has dug deep into the vaults for a massive archive series. She’ll kick it off with Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967),out October 30th. The five-disc Early Years box set contains six hours of unreleased home, live and radio recordings and features 29 unreleased songs. …
Read More »Hear a 21-Year-Old Bonnie Raitt Cover Joni Mitchell's 'Woodstock'
Since writing “Woodstock” inside a New York City hotel room, Joni Mitchell‘s counterculture anthem has been covered repeatedly throughout the last 50 years, most famously with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s electrifying version on Déjà Vu. Now, a folky rendition by Bonnie Raitt has been unearthed, recorded at a March …
Read More »Book Review: James Oseland's 'Jimmy Neurosis' Is a Vibrant Coming-of-Age Memoir
San Carlos, California, 1977: After his father abandons the family, gay teenager James Oseland moves to the San Francisco suburb with his shattered mother. He dodges bullies in AC/DC t-shirts, anxiously grinds his teeth and finds comfort in Joni Mitchell, whose voice “sounded smoky and world-weary as she sang that …
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