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Joni Mitchell
Canadian singer-songwriter
Quick Facts
- Original name:
- Roberta Joan Anderson
- Born:
- November 7, 1943, Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada (age 81)
- On the Web:
- BBC - Grammys 2024: How Joni Mitchell forged a path for Taylor Swift (Dec. 09, 2024)
Joni Mitchell (born November 7, 1943, Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian experimental singer-songwriter and one of the foremost folk music artists of the late 20th century. Her music reached its greatest popularity in the 1970s but has continued to be influential among 21st-century musicians. Once described as the “Yang to Bob Dylan’s Yin, equaling him in richness and profusion of imagery,” Mitchell, like her 1960s contemporary, turned pop music into an art form. Mitchell studied commercial art in her native Alberta before moving to Toronto in 1964 and performing at local folk clubs and coffeehouses. After a brief ...(100 of 1092 words)