Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC (b. 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Born Roberta Joan Anderson on 7th November 1943 in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada, Mitchell is a musician, artist, and poet.
She grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and briefly attended the Alberta College of Art at the Southern Alberta Institute of
Technology in Calgary, Alberta. Her writing and art talent emerged before her exposure as a gifted musician performing in
Western Canada, including Winnipeg, where she met Neil Young. She then associated with the burgeoning folk music scene of
the mid-1960s in New York City. Thr ...read more
Joni Mitchell, CC (b. 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Born Roberta Joan Anderson on 7th November 1943 in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada, Mitchell is a musician, artist, and poet.
She grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and briefly attended the Alberta College of Art at the Southern Alberta Institute of
Technology in Calgary, Alberta. Her writing and art talent emerged before her exposure as a gifted musician performing in
Western Canada, including Winnipeg, where she met Neil Young. She then associated with the burgeoning folk music scene of
the mid-1960s in New York City. Through the 1970s she expanded her horizons, predominantly to pop music and jazz, to become
one of the most highly respected singer-songwriters of the late twentieth century. She is a multiple Grammy winner, and was
awarded the Order of Canada. « hide |