Joni: The Anthology

Joni: The Anthology

<p><b>Selected by <i>Harper's Bazaar </i>as one of the "Best New Books of 2017 (So Far)"</b><br><b>A <i>Library Journal </i>Fall Editors' Pick</b><br><b></b><br>"Nearly 50 years’ worth of critical efforts to solve Mitchell’s mysteries have now been rounded up in Barney Hoskyns’s <i>Joni: The Anthology</i>....what comes through most consistently is a possessive impulse, a desire to <i>really know</i> an artist whose fierce privacy has often seemed at odds with the impression of intimacy conveyed by her music." --<i>The Atlantic</i></p><p>Nine Grammys. More than ten million albums sold. Named one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time by <i>Rolling Stone. Joni: The Anthology </i>is an essential collection of writings on Joni Mitchell that charts every major moment of the famed troubadour's extraordinary career, as it happened. </p><p>From album reviews, incisive commentary, and candid conversations, <i>Joni: The Anthology </i>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 <i>MOJO</i> interview. A time capsule of an icon, the anthology spans the entirety of Joni's career between 1967-2007, as well as thoughtful commentary on her early years. </p><p>In collecting materials long unavailable, rare, or otherwise difficult to find, <i>Joni: The Anthology </i>illuminates the evolution of modern rock journalism while providing an invaluable and accessible guide to appreciating the highs―and the lows―of a twentieth century legend. </p><p>“Once I crossed the border, I began to write and my voice changed. I no longer was imitative of the folk style. My voice was then my real voice and with a slight folk influence, but from the first album it was no longer folk music. It was just a girl with a guitar that made it look that way.”―Joni Mitchell, 1994</p>