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ARTICLES: Bill Higgins, “Both Sides At Last,” Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1997.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Sharolyn Dickson, Nathan Joseph, Tony Simon. ARTICLES: Jonathan Bernstein, “ ‘She Schooled Us All’: Inside Joni Mitchell’s Stunning Return to Newport Folk Festival,” Rolling Stone, July 28, 2022. Diehl, Los Angeles Times. Sheila Weller, “Why We Can’t Get Enough of Joni Mitchell and Brandi Carlile,” Next Tribe, August 3, 2022. Aleandra Steigrad, “Joni Mitchell alive and ‘well’ after People magazine mistakenly posts obituary,” New York Post, October 7, 2022. David Yaffe, “Joni Mitchell Rises Again,” Tidal, August 7, 2023. Brandi Carlile, “Brandi Carlile: How I got Joni Mitchell back on stage,” The Times (London), July 28, 2022. BOOKS: Marom, Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words. Yaffe, Reckless Daughter. OTHER: Renee Montagne, “The Music Midnight Makes: In Conversation with Joni Mitchell,” NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, December 9, 2014. Mitchell’s 1996 interview on CBC TV, “Joni Mitchell a ‘bad’ girl?” Lindsay Zoladz’s interview on “The Joni Mitchell Renaissance,” the June 17, 2023, episode of Podcast!, a New York Times podcast hosted by Jon Caramanica.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Estrella Berosini, David Yaffe. ARTICLES: Estrella Berosini, “A Child Came Out to Wander,” Part 1, JoniMitchell.com, April 1, 2008. Harold Rubinstein, “The Privilege of a Concert,” SUNY Statesman, October 25, 1968. Jim Frenkel, “Don’t Ask for Music If You Can’t Take It!,” SUNY Statesman, October 22, 1968. Spider Robinson, “Ballad of the Rude Canadian,” Toronto Globe and Mail, February 22, 2001. Claire Potter, “Live! In class at Yale! David Geffen!,” Yale Daily News, December 6, 1978. Wild, Rolling Stone. Timothy White, “Words from a Woman of Heart and Mind,” Billboard, September 8, 2001. Ghomeshi, CBC Music. Liz Smith, “Friday potpourri—Cher, Gaga, Joni Mitchell, Gwyneth and Chris,” New York Social Diary, March 28, 2014. OTHER: Sciaky, The Broadside Program. Lloyd Whitesell’s interview on WICN 90.5’s Inquiry on April 10, 2009.
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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE: John Mackie. ARTICLES: Edna Gunderson, “The Cat’s ‘Meow-meow-meow!,’ ” USA Today, September 29, 1998. Colin Stutz, “Here’s What It Costs Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to Leave Spotify,” Billboard, January 30, 2022. White, Billboard. Hubert Saal, “The Girls—Letting Go,” Newsweek, July 14, 1969. John Mackie, “On War, peace, memories and dance,” CanWest News Service, January 15, 2010. Greg Quill, “Adams headlines Expo gala,” Toronto Star, April 22, 1986. Roger Friedman, “Justin Long and Friends Paging Joni Mitchell for Song Rights on Charming New Rom-Com,” Showbiz 411, April 23, 2013. Elvis Costello, “Joni’s Last Waltz?,” Vanity Fair, November 2004. BOOKS: Sheila Weller, Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge. OTHER: Mitchell’s interview by Rene Engel on KCSN-FM, December 21, 1999.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Amy Scholder, Tony Simon, David Yaffe. AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE: Trevor Dann. ARTICLES: Dougherty, People. Shirley Eder, “Where Is Joni Mitchell’s Baby?,” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 21, 1974. Charles Gandee, “Triumph of the Will,” Vogue, April 1995. “Heartsick Joni Mitchell Hunts Baby She Gave Up,” The Globe, April 16, 1996. Laila Fulton, “Alberta Native Gave Up Daughter,” Calgary Sun, December 1996. Brian D. Johnson, “Joni’s Secret: Mother and Child Reunion,” Maclean’s, April 21, 1997. Timothy Crouse, “Blue,” Rolling Stone, August 5, 1971. Nicholas Van Rijn, “How Joni Mitchell’s daughter found mom and became whole,” Toronto Sun, April 8, 1997. Michael Posner, “Little Green a Little Blue,” Toronto Globe and Mail, April 11, 1998. Higgins, Los Angeles Times. Gunderson, USA Today. Tom Arnold, “The reunion, from both sides now,” National Post, March 3, 2001. Ani DiFranco, “Court and Spark,” Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1998. Sam Feldman and Steve Maclam, “Joni-Ani Postscript,” Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1999. Camille Paglia, “The Trailblazer Interview,” Interview, August 2005. BOOKS: Weller, Girls Like Us. Yaffe, Reckless Daughter. OTHER: Mitchell’s interview with Trevor Dann on Greater London Radio on September 6, 1990. Malka Marom’s interview at the University of Connecticut’s Joni symposium, April 2020.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Rosanna Arquette, Sharolyn Dickson, Joellen Lapidus, Tony Simon, Beverley Straight, Jimmy Webb. ARTICLES: Neal Karlen, “Prince Talks: The Silence Is Broken,” Rolling Stone, September 12, 1985. Costello, Vanity Fair. Ethan Brown, “Influences: Joni Mitchell,” New York, April 29, 2005. Melinda Newman, “Joni Mitchell offers Hits and Misses,” Billboard, August 24, 1996. Michael Wood, “The best Joni Mitchell cover? How Prince blended purple and ‘Blue’ on ‘A Case of You,’ ” Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2021. Hoskyns, Mojo. Alexis Petridis, “Prince: Transcendence. That’s what you want. When that happens—Oh, boy,” Guardian, November 12, 2015. David T. Friendly, “Prince for a Day in Wyoming,” Los Angeles Times, July 3, 1986. “In 1986, one lucky Wyoming woman got to meet Prince,” Billings Gazette, February 17, 2017. James Patrick Herman, “A Remembrance of Prince as the Ultimate A-List Party-Thrower (Bring on the Superstar Guests),” Billboard, May 2, 2016. Lynn Elber, “Actress Celebrates 60th Birthday with Disneyland Bash,” Associated Press, February 28, 1992. Bill Wyman, “Car wrecks, drug binges and a naked Joni Mitchell: Jimmy Webb’s wild ride,” Sydney Morning Herald, October 13, 2023. Roger Friedman, “Whitney Houston Remembered at Clive Davis’s All Star Pre Grammy Bash,” Showbiz 411, February 10, 2013. Edward Kieran, “David Crosby,” Spin, October 1985. Del Cowie, “Joni Mitchell makes rare public appearance at Chick Corea concert,” CBC Music, August 23, 2016. Mark Shanahan, “Joni Mitchell makes rare public appearance at James Taylor show in Los Angeles,” Boston Globe, June 4, 2018. Cameron Crowe, “The inside story of Joni Mitchell’s return to the stage,” The Times (London), July 20, 2023. Eric Todisco, “Brandi Carlile on Jam Sessions at Joni Mitchell’s House with Dolly Parton, Chaka Khan, and Harry Styles,” People, April 2, 2021. Bernstein, Rolling Stone. Kevin Stairiker, “Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes reflects on Long’s Park concerts, Joni Mitchell in advance of Harrisburg show this weekend,” Lancaster Online, March 9, 2023. Karen Herman, “The Interviews: Martha Quinn,” Emmys.com, October 28, 2019. BOOKS: Raditz, Carey. Nash, Wild Tales. Carlile, Broken Horses. Duane Tudahl, Prince and the “Parade” and “Sign O’ the Times” Era Studio Sessions, 1985 and 1986. Ronin Ro, Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks. Ira Nadel, Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen. OTHER: Mitchell’s video message for Prince’s induction to the UK Music Hall of Fame, November 14, 2006. Mitchell’s interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, February 3, 1995. Rosanna Arquette’s interview on The Joni Mitchell Podcast hosted by Zachary Scot Johnson, Episode 27. Mitchell’s interview on KCSA-FM, October 25, 1994.
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BOOKS: King, A Natural Woman.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Roger McGuinn, Tony Simon, Jimmy Webb. ARTICLES: DiFranco, Los Angeles Times. Nick Hasted, “Mingus,” Uncut, December 2020. Chris Dafoe, “Unpredictable Icons Can Still Rock When They Want To,” Toronto Globe and Mail, May 16, 1998. Les Irvin, “Pass the Salt, Please,” JoniMitchell.com, September 26, 1997. BOOKS: David Jacks, Peter Asher: A Life in Music. OTHER: Mitchell’s interview at the Polar Music Prize press conference, May 7, 1996. The video “Joni Mitchell—Coyote (Live at Gordon Lightfoot’s Home with Bob Dylan & Roger McGuinn, 1975),” on YouTube. Mitchell’s December 21, 1999, radio interview with Rene Ingle on KCSN-FM. Ghomeshi, CBC Music.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Brian Blade, Amy Scholder, Tony Simon, Sheila Weller, David Yaffe. ARTICLES: Neil Strauss, “Joni with an ‘I,’ ” New York Times, October 18, 1998. Posner, Toronto Globe and Mail. Natasha Stoynoff, “Catching Up with Joni Mitchell,” People, November 5, 2007. Swanson, New York. Arnold, National Post. Larissa MacFarquhar, “Living in Adoption’s Emotional Aftermath,” The New Yorker, April 3, 2023. Reginato, W. Jeremy Warrren, “Myrtle Anderson, mother of Joni Mitchell, dies at 95,” Saskatoon StarPhoenix, March 21, 2007. “Father of music legend Joni Mitchell dies,” Saskatoon StarPhoenix, January 23, 2012. Elio Iannacci, “The Interview: Joni Mitchell,” Maclean’s, November 22, 2014. BOOKS: Weller, Girls Like Us. OTHER: Mitchell’s interview on The Nicole Sandler Show, April 3, 2015. Mitchell’s interview on BBC2 with Mary Black, February 20, 1999. An interview Daniel Levitin gave on a panel at the University of Connecticut’s Joni symposium, April 2020. Mitchell’s appearance on Charlie Rose, 2007.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Tony Simon, Beverley Straight, David Yaffe. ARTICLES: Marci McDonald, “Joni Mitchell has daringly come of age,” Toronto Star, July 11, 1969. Michael Watts, “Joni Mitchell: the public life of a private property,” Sunday Times (London), April 17, 1983. Posner, Toronto Globe and Mail. Zadie Smith, “Some Notes on Attunement,” The New Yorker, December 9, 2012. Iain Blair, “Lucky Girl,” Los Angeles Herald, March 9, 1986. BOOKS: Barney Hoskyns, Hotel California. Yaffe, Reckless Daughter. OTHER: David Cleary’s album description of Clouds on Pandora. James Taylor’s interview with PBS on the red carpet of the Gershwin Prize, 2023.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Lisa Cholodenko, John Kelly. ARTICLES: Annie Dru, “Robin Adler and Dave Blackburn Breathe Spirit and Soul in the Music of Joni Mitchell,” San Diego Troubadour, February 10, 2010. Steve Connor, “NASA takes off in search of stardust,” The Independent (UK), February 3, 1999. Laviea Thomas, “Moni Jitchell,” Quietus, May 25, 2023. Sandhya Bathija, “Oh, the Legal Cites, They Are A-changin,’ ” National Law Journal, November 8, 2006. Vivia Chen, “Too Old for that Joni Mitchell Look?” Careerist, July 25, 2012. Kevin Arnovitz, “Why do we scream at foul shooters?,” ESPN.com, February 14, 2012. Clifford Chase, “Trouble Child,” JoniMitchell.com, June 17, 1996. BOOKS: James F. Harris, Philosophy at 33 1/3 RPM: Themes of Classic Rock Music. Meghan Daum, Unspeakable. Marom, Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words. OTHER: Cameron Crowe’s speech at the Hammer Museum’s Gala in the Garden honoring Mitchell, November 2014. Anita Tedder, “Pleasant Distractions or Life Savers,” a paper delivered by Tedder at Court & Spark, an international symposium on Joni Mitchell, held at the University of Lincoln, on July 3, 2015. Richardson, KCRW.
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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE: Ann Powers. ARTICLES: Jeffrey Hudson, “Joni Mitchell Is Music,” New Mexico Daily Lobo, March 15, 1974. Christina Passariello, “Steve Jobs has a new ‘memoir,’ more than 11 years after his death,” Washington Post, April 1, 2023. Henry Alford, “This Is the Story of My Life. And This Is the Story of My Life,” New York Times, January 10, 2019. Malka Marom, “Face to Face,” Maclean’s, June 1, 1974. OTHER: “Joni Mitchell Symposium: Ann Powers,” October 27, 2004, video posted on YouTube. CBC TV’s “Dr. Joni Mitchell” video, January 7, 2005. “Hear Joni Mitchell’s Previously Unreleased Early Recordings,” NPR’s All Songs Considered, November 5, 2020. Mitchell’s February 11, 2000, interview with Brian Stewart on CBC.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Amy Scholder, Sheila Weller. AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE: Estrella Berosini. ARTICLES: Crowe, Rolling Stone, 1979. Gary Graff, “Joni Mitchell looks at the darker side,” Detroit Free Press, October 23, 1994. Björk’s post on the A Tribute to Joni Mitchell website, April 2007. DeVoss, Time. Wild, Rolling Stone, 1992. BOOKS: Mark Bego, Joni Mitchell. Greil Marcus, Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Brian Blade, Jeremy Dutcher, Amy Scholder, David Yaffe. ARTICLES: Swanson, New York. Syvie Simmons, “An Interview with Joni Mitchell,” Musikexpress, 1988. Les Ledbetter, “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” Rolling Stone, January 15, 1976. Janet Maslin, “Joni Mitchell’s Reckless and Shapeless ‘Daughter,’ ” Rolling Stone, March 9, 1978. Grayson Haver Currin, “Joni Mitchell at Newport,” Pitchfork, July 29, 2023. BOOKS: Weller, Girls Like Us. Yaffe, Reckless Daughter. Marom, Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words. Spitz, Dylan: A Biography. OTHER: Kris Griffiths, “When Joni Mitchell wore blackface for Halloween,” BBC, October 28, 2016. The Hammer Museum’s video “Hammer Presents: Joni Mitchell Q and A and Birthday Celebration, November 6, 2014” and the video “Joni Mitchell Symposium: Greg Tate,” shot at McGill University in 2004, both on YouTube.
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ARTICLES: Dave DiMartino, “The Unfiltered Joni Mitchell,” Mojo, August 1998. Morrissey, Rolling Stone. Robert Shelton, “How does it feel to be on your own?,” Melody Maker, July 29, 1978. Iannacci, Maclean’s. Mitchell’s interview with CBC’s CBC Magazine, February 11, 2000. Barbara Gail Rowes, “Joni Mitchell’s Search for Satisfaction,” Circus Raves, June 1974. Winston Cook-Wilson, “On Joni Mitchell’s Enduring Hissing of Summer Lawns, 40 Years Later,” Pitchfork, November 30, 2015. Ben Brooks, “Joni Mitchell’s Independent Art,” Music Connection, November 25, 1982. Daniel Levitin, “A Conversation with Joni Mitchell,” Grammy, March 1977. BOOKS: Marom, Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words. OTHER: Mitchell’s liner notes to Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced, Rhino, 2014. Mitchell’s interview with CBC-AM on February 3, 1974. Mitchell’s interview with Jody Denberg on KGSR, September 9, 1998. Mitchell’s interview with Liane Hansen on NPR’s Weekend Edition, May 28, 1995. Mitchell’s conversation with Jon Pareles at the TimesTalks Luminato Festival in June 2016. Ghomeshi, CBC Music.
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ARTICLES: Alex Bruell, “For Mount Rainier’s resident wolverine, it’s paradise on Paradise,” Courier-Herald (Enumclaw), October 7, 2021. Alex Bruell, “Joni the Wolverine does it again,” Courier-Herald (Enumclaw), December 21, 2022. Chronicle staff, “Joni the Wolverine: Relentless, Dedicated, Single Mother Births Triplets in Cascades,” June 14, 2023. Charles Mudede, “Joni the Wolverine Breeding Like Crazy on Mount Rainier,” TheStranger.com, December 29, 2022.
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ARTICLES: Jody Denberg, “Taming Joni Mitchell—Joni’s Jazz,” Austin Chronicle, October 12, 1998. OTHER: Mitchell’s 2000 interview for the Millennium Project.
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Names: Alford, Henry, 1962– author. | Mitchell, Joni. Lyrics. Selections.
Title: I dream of Joni: a portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 snapshots/Henry Alford.
Description: First Gallery Books hardcover edition. | New York: Gallery Books, 2025. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “The eternal singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is seen anew, portrayed through a witty and comprehensive exploration of anecdotes, quotes, and lyrics by “the most graceful of humorists” (Vanity Fair) and author of And Then We Danced”—Provided by publisher.
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Henry Alford, I Dream of Joni
