Nickname: Musician's Musician
Genre: Folk / Rock
Most Memorable Recording: "Big Yellow Taxi"
Followers: Colbie Caillat, Oh, Laura, St. Vincent, Elvira Nikolaisen, Brittany Shane, Great Aunt Ida, Swati, The Beauty Room, Dirtie Blonde, Bejole, Alexa Ray Joel, Laura Wolfe, Grace Potter, Sara Bareilles, Kate Voegele, Kama Linden, Tristan Prettyman, Kate Earl, Sonya Kitchell, Holly Brook, Patrick Wolf, Leslie Clemmons, Tina Dico, Katie Melua, Keri Noble, Jane Weaver, Toby Lightman, Chiara Civello, Beam, Charlotte Martin, Jolynn Daniel, John Cody, Northern State, Marc Teamaker, Tift Merritt, Marykate O'Neil, Dana Cunningham, Goats in Trees, Keren Ann, Rosie Thomas, Gemma Hayes, Thea Gilmore, Anny, Norah Jones, Christene LeDoux, Gayle Ackroyd, Casey Stratton, Jim Ramirez, Silver Nightingale, India.Arie, Jenifer Jackson, Sheryl Skye, Wendy McDowell, Audra Kubat, Michele Cummings, Cheryl Cloud, Akire Bubar, Hobotalk, Astrid, Kathy Fleischmann, Patti Witten, Noe Venable, Alice Peacock, Ami Bryant, Mariel, For Stars, Shannon Wright, Gary Jules, Jennifer Knapp, Carmen Consoli, Emily Sparks, Connie Evingson, Pat Cisarano, Alana Davis, Lisa Briggs, Rachel Bissex, Grace Braun, Gabriela, Harrod & Funck, Mary Lou Lord, Danielle Howle, Fiona Apple, Tara Jane O'Neil, Rebecca Martin, Courtney Love, Rachel Goswell, Vanessa Daou, Claire Martin, Page & Plant, Sheila Landis, Mary Catherine Lunsford, Natalie Merchant, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Larry Klein, Lisa Johnson, Jake, Peter Eldridge, Heidi Berry, Lucy Kaplansky, Emily Bezar, Professor and Maryann, Kirtana, THP Orchestra, Liz Phair, Kate McGarry, Halcyon, disappear fear, Ani DiFranco, George Hamilton IV, Tori Amos, Craig Nuttycombe, Jake Holmes, Sarah McLachlan, Julia Fordham, Victoria Williams, Suzanne Vega, Prince, Melanie, Rickie Lee Jones, Janet Jackson, Indigo Girls, Heart, Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, Ashley Cleveland, Tracy Chapman, Jackson Browne, The Blue Nile, 10,000 Maniacs, Jane Siberry, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, and many more.
When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century. Uncompromising and iconoclastic, Mitchell confounded expectations at every turn; restlessly innovative, her music evolved from deeply personal folk stylings into pop, jazz, avant-garde, and even world music, presaging the multicultural experimentation of the 1980s and 1990s by over a decade. Fiercely independent, her work steadfastly resisted the whims of both mainstream audiences and the male-dominated recording industry. While Mitchell's records never sold in the same numbers enjoyed by contemporaries like Carole King, Janis Joplin, or Aretha Franklin, none experimented so recklessly with their artistic identities or so bravely explored territory outside of the accepted confines of pop music, resulting in a creative legacy which paved the way for performers ranging from Patti Smith and Chrissie Hynde to Madonna and Courtney Love.
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