![]() Drummer Russ Kunkel (here in 1979) recalls “listening to greatness” when Mitchell was recording “Blue.” Ebet Roberts/Getty Images In fact, on “Blue,” Mitchell was getting intimate about her relationships with the likes of Graham Nash and James Taylor long before Swift was dishing about John Mayer and Jake Gyllenhaal. Joel BernsteinĪnd that “Blue” bravery has inspired everyone from Prince - who, after once writing Mitchell a fan letter before he became “Purple Rain” royalty, would go on to cover “A Case of You” - to today’s artists including Brandi Carlile, Lana Del Rey and, of course, Taylor Swift. Joni Mitchell at her home in Laurel Canyon, Calif., in 1970, a year prior to the release of her seminal album “Blue,” which came out 50 years ago on June 22. When you go inward, there’s a bravery - and Joni did that with a magnifying glass.” “I think that the men, they were singing about the times, they were singing about the moment, but they were looking outward. ![]() “It made a lot of singer-songwriters - especially male singer-songwriters - very nervous that they were going to have to lay it all out on the table the way Joni had,” said Majewski. 3 on last year’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - upped the gut-spilling ante for both female and male singer-songwriters. Indeed, Mitchell’s fourth studio LP - which Rolling Stone ranked at No. ![]() It was such a groundbreaking thing to be this confessional.” “The confessional nature of ‘Blue’ is such that I think Joni Mitchell herself actually likened it to Dylan plugging in, to Dylan going electric. “A lot of people think she bares her soul, but I think she scrapes her soul,” said Lori Majewski, co-host of “Feedback” on SiriusXM’s Volume channel. With the confessional honesty that Joni Mitchell displayed on her classic “Blue” album - which was released 50 years ago on Jperhaps a more apt title would have been “True.” Kennedy Center announces Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, Lorne Michaels, Berry Gordy and Justino Diaz as this year’s honorees Kennedy Center Honors back once more, Biden attends Joni Mitchell removing her music from Spotify: ‘I stand with Neil Young’ Joe Rogan responds to Spotify backlash over controversial COVID episodes
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