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The one about Joni Mitchell

Portrait of Canadian musician Joni Mitchell seated on the floor playing acoustic guitar, November 1968 during a photoshoot for Vogue Magazine.
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Portrait of Canadian musician Joni Mitchell seated on the floor playing acoustic guitar, November 1968 during a photoshoot for Vogue Magazine.

Joni Mitchell is a singer-songwriter from Alberta, Canada. In 1968, her debut album, Song to a Seagull, was released and since then, Mitchell has become one of the most influential and greatest recording artists. Mitchell has won nine Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, and countless music awards, and her albums are considered among the best ever made.

We're big fans. It turns out we're not alone.

This hour, we talk to a few friends of the show to discuss Mitchell's influence on them while listening to their favorite Joni songs. Plus, we chat David Yaffe, the author of Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell.

GUESTS:

  • David Yaffe: Assistant professor of Humanities at Syracuse University and the author of Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell
  • Taneisha Duggan: Director, producer, and arts consultant 
  • Brendan J. Sullivan: Producer and author of Rivington Was Ours: Lady Gaga, the Lower East Side, and the Prime of Our Lives
  • Lee Newton: Director of program promotion at Connecticut Public

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Colin McEnroe, Betsy Kaplan, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired April 4, 2019.

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J studied documentary radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, in Portland, Maine, and returned to his home state of Connecticut to intern with the production team at Connecticut Public. After that, he stuck around.
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