Joni Mitchell on working with Charles Mingus Initially, she couldn’t see how it would work, and turned the project down. “Poetry is like cracking sunflowers with your nails to get the meat out ...

For a superfan I’ve not been very diligent with Joni Mitchell’s back catalogue (comprising ... jazz-inflected Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, then Mingus – her experimental tribute to ...

Joni Mitchell may be the most influential female ... territory on the double-album Don Juan's Reckless Daughter and Mingus, the tribute album of songs co-written with the late Charles Mingus.

Sometimes, what starts as a professional obligation can turn into a major career boost, as Joni Mitchell learned after producing an album to fulfill a contractual obligation that ended up giving ...

For much of her career, Joni Mitchell was compared to the person she was when she first started making music. Back then, she was usually branded a delicate folksinger who, in the words of Robert ...

After getting nominated 18 times and winning nine Grammy Awards, Joni Mitchell took the Grammys stage to perform for the first time Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Joni Mitchell is being recognized for her profound impact on music. The Canadian-born singer accepted the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday ...