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    BornRoberta Joan Anderson · November 7, 1943 · Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
    CitizenshipCanada · United States
    Children1
    InstrumentsVocals · guitar · piano · dulcimer
    Albums
    News on Joni Mitchell
    Both Sides Now: Two New Takes on Joni Mitchell
    Highly personal tributes by the writers Henry Alford and Paul Lisicky each view the singer’s life and artistry through their own prism.
    Early life and education

    Mitchell was born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod, Alberta, the daughter of Myrtle Marguerite (née McKee) and William Andrew Anderson. Her mother's ancestors were Scottish and … See more

    Career

    She continued to play gigs as a folk musician on weekends at her college and at a local hotel. Around this time she took a $15-a-week job in a Calgary coffeehouse called The Depression Coffee House, "singing lon… See more

    Legacy

    While some of Mitchell's most popular songs were written on the piano, almost every song she composed on the guitar uses an open, or non-standard, tuning; she has written songs in some 50 tunings, playing wh… See more

    Awards and honours

    Mitchell has received many honours from her home country of Canada. She was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1981 and received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Art… See more

    Discography

    Studio albums
    • 1968: Song to a Seagull
    • 1969: Clouds
    • 1970: Ladies of the Canyon
    • 1971: Blue… See more

    General and cited sources

    • Monk, Katherine (2012). Joni: The Creative Odyssey of Joni Mitchell. Greystone Books. ISBN 978-1-55365-838-2.
    • Whitesell, Lloyd (2008). The Music of Joni Mitchell. Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530757-3. Archived from … See more

    Further reading

    • Mercer, Michelle (April 7, 2009). Will You Take Me As I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period. Free Press. ISBN 978-1-4165-5929-0.
    • Smith, Larry David (January 1, 2004). Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the Torch Song Tradit… See more

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