Joni: The Anthology
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250148626 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It was just a girl with a guitar that made it look that way.”Joni Mitchell, 1994. More than ten million albums sold. Joni: The Anthology is an essential collection of writings on Joni Mitchell that charts every major moment of the famed troubadour's extraordinary career, as it happened. Named one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time by Rolling Stone. From album reviews, incisive commentary, and candid conversations, Joni: The Anthology includes, among other things, a review of Mitchell's first-ever show at LA's Troubadour in June of 1968, a 1978 interview by musician Ben Sidran on jazz great Charles Mingus, a personal reminiscence by Ellen Sander, a confidant of the Los Angeles singer-songwriter community, and a long "director's cut" version of editor Barney Hoskyns' 1994 MOJO interview. My voice was then my real voice and with a slight folk influence, but from the first album it was no longer folk music. Nine Grammys. I no longer was imitative of the folk style. In collecting materials long unavailable, rare, or otherwise difficult to find, Joni: The Anthology illuminates the evolution of modern rock journalism while providing an invaluable and accessible guide to appreciating the highsand the lowsof a twentieth century legend. A time capsule of an icon, the antho
Selected by Harper's Bazaar as one of the "Best New Books of 2017 (So Far)""The book inevitably creates a desire to hear Mitchell's music and perhaps try to track down some of her artwork, which at the end of the day are the reason the book exists in the first place." --Kirkus Review"Thorougha solid introduction to listeners new to Mitchell." --Publishers Weekly"Through the words and varied perceptions of the more than four dozen writers included here, fans and cultural historians will become more clearly acquainted with Mitchell." --Library Journal
Barney Hoskyns is the cofounder and editorial director of the online rock-journalism library Rock’s Backpages, and author of several books including Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and their Many Friends (2005), Lowside of the Road: A