07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Two new reasons to revisit Joni Mitchell's remarkable catalogue
We sang Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now' at my eighth-grade graduation in suburban New Jersey in 1971. It ruined the song for me for decades. That said, I have always loved Mitchell. Of course I have. My generation grew up to a soundtrack of 'Court and Spark,' 'Blue,' 'Ladies of the Canyon' and 'Hissing of Summer Lawns.' In recent years, I have played 'Chelsea Morning' at the start of every day, just to set the tone.
