Joni Mitchell: how rock misogyny made me into a militant fan
Last modified on Wed 17 Feb 2021 11.40 EST Maybe appropriately, as she is the epitome of “grown-up” music, I didn’t get into Joni until my 30s. Her early albums had been in my parents’ collection but I’d never really paid much heed – until the boho folk revival of the early 2000s had me reassessing them along with their Bert Jansch and Incredible String Band LPs. But it was the music-blogging explosion of the same time, with crate diggers sharing rarities and bootlegs, that really turned my head. That’s how I found the acoustic demos for The Hissing of Summer Lawns – a record ...
Source: theguardian.com