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Joni Mitchell
One of the most iconic figures of the singer-songwriter boom of the 1970s,
Canadian Joni Mitchell - born Joan Robertson in Fort Macleod, Alberta, on
November 7, 1943 - came to symbolise a strong voice for women while clambering
between the barriers of folk, jazz, pop and rock. After leaving art school, she
busked on the streets of Toronto and played in night clubs before moving to New
York and making her mark on the local folk scene with songs like "Urge for
Going", "Both Sides Now" and "Woodstock". Tom Rush and Judy Collins were among
the first of many artists who covered her so...
