Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Acknowledgements

Our Lady of Sorrows: An Introduction

Barney Hoskyns

Part One: Urges for Going (1943–1967)

  1.   Beginnings (1997)

Nicholas Jennings

Part Two: Our Lady of the Canyon (1968–1972)

  1.   Joni Mitchell Sings Own Songs in Debut at Troubadour Nitery (1968)

Stephen M. H. Braitman

  2.   Review of Joni Mitchell (aka Song to a Seagull) (1969)

Paul Williams

  3.   Joni, the Seagull from Saskatoon (1968)

Karl Dallas

  4.   Memories of Joni (2012)

Ellen Sander

  5.   Joni Mitchell (1969)

Uncredited writer

  6.   Review of Clouds (1969)

Geoffrey Cannon

  7.   ‘My Personal Life is in a Shambles’ (1970)

Caroline Boucher

  8.   Joni Still Feels the Pull of the Country (1970)

Jerry Gilbert

  9.   Review of Show at the Royal Festival Hall, London (1970)

Geoffrey Cannon

10.   Joni Mitchell’s New Album Will Mean More to Some Than to Others (1970)

Reprise Records ad

11.   ‘Let’s Make Life More Romantic’ (1970)

Jacoba Atlas

12.   Glimpses of Joni (1970)

Michael Watts

13.   Joni Takes a Break (1971)

Larry LeBlanc

14.   Review of Blue (1971)

Geoffrey Cannon

15.   Review of Show at the Royal Festival Hall, London (1972)

Michael Watts

Part Three: A Dream to Fly (1972–1977)

  1.   Review of For The Roses (1972)

Richard Williams

  2.   Review of Live Show at the Troubadour, Los Angeles (1972)

Steven Rosen

  3.   Review of Court and Spark (1974)

Loraine Alterman

  4.   How ‘Free Man in Paris’ Came Along (2004)

Johnny Black

  5.   Lost Innocence with a Rock’n’Roll Band (1974)

Barbara Charone

  6.   Review of Show at Avery Fisher Hall, New York City (1974)

Ian Dove

  7.   Review of Miles of Aisles (1975)

Tom Nolan

  8.   Review of The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)

Michael Watts

  9.   Review of Show at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island (1976)

Michael Gross

10.   Review of Hejira (1976)

Colman Andrews

11.   An Evening with Joni Mitchell (2009)

Martin Colyer

Part Four: Singing Clear Notes Without Fear (1978–1988)

  1.   Joni Mitchell Meets Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (1978)

Wesley Strick

  2.   The Underdog Meets Joni Mitchell: Charles Mingus Finds a New Voice (1978)

Ben Sidran

  3.   Review of Mingus (1979)

Sandy Robertson

  4.   Review of Shadows and Light (1980)

Ian Penman

  5.   Review of Wild Things Run Fast (1982)

Dave Zimmer

  6.   The Dream Girl Wakes Up (1982)

Kristine McKenna

  7.   Review of Show at Jones Beach Theatre, New York City (1983)

Wayne Robins

  8.   Review of Dog Eat Dog (1985)

Helen Fitzgerald

  9.   A Song Near the End of the World (1985)

Adam Sweeting

10.   Review of Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm (1988)

J. D. Considine

11.   Joni Rocks Again (1988)

Ben Fong-Torres

Part Five: Doomsday Joan (1991–1998)

  1.   Review of Night Ride Home (1991)

Betty Page

  2.   Lookin’ Good, Sister (1991)

Mick Brown

  3.   Review of Turbulent Indigo (1994)

John Milward

  4.   Conversation (1994)

Barney Hoskyns

  5.   Review of Show at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, Los Angeles (1995)

Todd Everett

  6.   Review of Hits and Misses (1996)

Susan Whitall

  7.   Review of Taming the Tiger (1998)

Stuart Maconie

  8.   The Unfiltered Joni Mitchell (1998)

Dave DiMartino

Part Six: Both Sides, Then (2000–2014)

  1.   Review of Both Sides Now (2000)

Gerrie Lim

  2.   Joni Looks at Life (2000)

Fred Goodman

  3.   Elton John, James Taylor Pay Tribute to Joni Mitchell (2000)

Frank Tortorici

  4.   Review of Show at the Chronicle Pavilion, Concord, Ca. (2000)

Joel Selvin

  5.   Review of Travelogue (2002)

Jaan Uhelszki

  6.   ‘I’m quitting this corrupt cesspool’ (2002)

Dave Simpson

  7.   Shadows and Light (2014)

Mark Kemp

  8.   Captive on the Carousel of Time (2007)

Paul Sexton

  9.   Review of Shine (2007)

Barney Hoskyns

10.   How Joni Mitchell Got Her Groove Back (2007)

Robin Eggar

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