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The official Twitter of Joni Mitchell
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Joni will be joining an incredible lineup of artists for the FireAid Benefit Concert, happening January 30th, 2025, at the Kia Forum in LA. Get your tickets at FireAid Will be Broadcast by Select AMC Theatres, Apple Music and the Apple TV App, Max,
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“Merry Christmas, Everybody, and Happy New Year!” - Joni
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love the title.
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This just in from Joni:. Thank you all so much for the beautiful thoughts and birthday wishes! Love, Joni
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Revisiting @Harry_Styles covering "Big Yellow Taxi" on Valentine's Day one year ago today.
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"Happy Holidays from me, Bootsy & Bootsy’s new girlfriend, Dulcinea!" 🎄 - Joni
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Rest in peace Robbie Robertson, legendary lead guitarist of The Band, fellow Canadian, and cherished collaborator of Joni's. May his legacy and musical harmony resonate for generations to come. Photo from the Michael Ochs Archives
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Congratulations to Joni, @brandicarlile, members of the Joni Jam, and the entire Joni family as AT NEWPORT takes home the GRAMMY for Best Folk Album! A remarkable 10th win for Joni—can’t wait for her performance tonight! . Photos by Emma McIntyre
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This week in 1976, Joni went to Wisconsin for a show. At the time, she was going through a breakup & canceled the rest of her tour. While gazing at Lake Mendota from the hotel, she decided to purchase skates & go to the ice. Joel Bernstein was there to capture the moment.
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“No regrets, coyote”. Filmed during a jam at Gordon Lightfoot’s home 49 years ago this week, just before the Rolling Thunder Revue hit Toronto.
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And the winner of the Grammy for Best Historical Album is Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)!
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53 years later, Joni made her return to the @NewportFolkFest. Enjoy Joni jammin’ on her guitar during “Just Like This Train.” . 📷 Nina Westervelt
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Continuing the 30th anniversary celebration of “Night Ride Home” with footage of Joni performing the title track at Avalon Studios in New Zealand with Dick Driver two years before its release in 1991. The segment was recorded on July 31, 1988.
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Today is the 52nd anniversary of Joni’s fourth studio album, BLUE 💙 Listen to the album in full here:
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Incredible performance of “Both Sides Now” by @EmiliaJonesy in the 2021 film CODA directed by @SianHeder. Congratulations to the cast & crew on the nomination for Best Picture.
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“Heatwaves on the runway.As the wheels set down.He takes his baggage off the carousel.He takes a taxi into town”.
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It’s coming on Christmas! 🎄 . Photo by Gregory Heisler.
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Two peas in a pod. @EltonOfficial with Joni at '@BrandiCarlile sings Joni Mitchell's Blue' on October 14, 2019. Photo courtesy of Elton John.
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Happy birthday to a dear friend, Graham Nash. Photo by Sylvain Gaboury.
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Happy 80th, Joni 💙. Share your favorite memories, songs, and photos of Joni, and we'll be celebrating her all day long. #Joni80. Photos by Norman Seeff, Norman Jean Roy, and Shawn Miller
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“When I heard, ‘You can’t do that, you’re a girl,’ I went ahead and did it anyway.”. Happy #InternationalWomensDay. Photo by Norman Seeff
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What a wonderful night! Thank you @BrandiCarlile and @NewportFolkFest for hosting Joni’s return to the stage after all these years. 📷 Nina Westervelt
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Love was in the air as @Harry_Styles performed a sensational cover of “Big Yellow Taxi” four years ago this week on @BBCRadio2.
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“Joni wrote this song about this tour and on this tour and for this tour.” - Roger McGuinn on “Coyote” during a jam at Gordon Lightfoot’s home 48 years ago today.
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Never before seen Joni recently unearthed by Henry Diltz. “I remember this moment on the A&M records lot in 1974, when Joni was getting in her car to drive home. I took a series of these pictures as I said goodbye, but no one's ever seen this one. I think I like it best”. -Henry
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“Don't it always seem to go.That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?”. Settle into the week with Joni's "Big Yellow Taxi," performed at the BBC Television Centre 53 years ago this month.
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“Don't it always seem to go.That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.They paved paradise, put up a parking lot”. Indulge in this performance of “Big Yellow Taxi” at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970. ✨
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A very happy birthday to a long time collaborator and friend, @JamesTaylor_com. Photo by Marcy Gensic.
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Celebrating Mama Cass's heavenly birthday today with this unforgettable 1969 performance of “I Shall Be Released” with Mary Travers on the Mama Cass Show.
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Relive Joni's emotional rendition of "Both Sides Now" alongside members of the Joni Jam at the GRAMMYs this past Sunday.
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“No Regrets, Coyote” . Tune of the day is Joni singing “Coyote” live at Gordon Lightfoot’s Home with @BobDylan and @RogerMcGuinn in 1975. Footage from "Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese"
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Joni took the stage at the Hollywood Bowl last night with a surprise performance of “The Circle Game” alongside @herbiehancock to honor her friend and longtime collaborator Wayne Shorter 💙
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Happy birthday Joni 💙. Share your favorite memories, songs, and photos to keep the celebration going all day long. 📸 Norman Seeff
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Happy Birthday to the magical mystical maven, Joni Mitchell. We adore you!
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“. Shining hair and shining skin.Shining as she reeled him in.To tell him like she did today.Just what he could do with Harry's House.And Harry's take home pay”.
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What a trio! On this day in 1969, Cass Elliot joined Joni and Mary Travers in “I Shall Be Released” on the Mama Cass Television Program.
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A day spent at home in Laurel Canyon in August 1968. Photo by Baron Wolman. 💖
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Watch Joni performing “Both Sides Now” alongside @BrandiCarlile @MarcusMumford Taylor Goldsmith @_BlakeMills @Lucius @Wynonna @Celisse @outsidechild13 at @NewportFolkFest. See the full clip here: 📷 Adam Kissick
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Wishing a very happy 53rd birthday to Joni’s fourth studio album, 'BLUE' 💙 Listen to the album in full here: Original cover photo by Tim Considine
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Celebrating Earth Day with a performance of “Big Yellow Taxi” featuring an all-star ensemble including Cyndi Lauper, @BrandiCarlile, @AnnieLennox, @ilovelucius, @Ledisi, and @angeliquekidjo from the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert honoring Joni last month 💙
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Joni performing “Both Sides Now” on the Mama Cass Show, which aired on this date in 1969 🎶
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#Repost @kencen- . "I always think that polio was a rehearsal for the rest of my life: I’ve had to come back several times from things. And this last one was a real whopper. But, you know, I’m hobbling along but I’m doing all right!" -@jonimitchell, 44th #KCHonors recipient 🌈
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“A Christmas song for people who are lonely at Christmas! We need a song like that.” - Joni. Celebrate the season with a holiday song that resonates with everyone. Listen to “River” here:
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“It’s a very joyous record because of the people I played with and the spirit of the occasion was very high. Even the audience sounds like music.” - Joni on her Best Folk Album win for AT NEWPORT at the GRAMMYS last night.
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"Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on". Photo by Norman Seeff
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A star-studded farewell to the revered collective The Band – Joni Mitchell graced Winterland Ballroom in 1976 for their final show, joining Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Van Morrison among others. A night of musical magic that will forever warm up a winter night.
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Happy Birthday Mama Cass. Revisit this special performance of “I Shall Be Released” with Cass and Mary Travers in 1969.
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Wishing a very happy birthday to BLUE.💙 Listen to the album in full here: Reply with your memories and favorite songs from the album and by using the hashtag #BLUE50.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Be well, eat well and stay safe. Photo by ilovejonimitchell (tumblr)
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A polaroid gem of Joni immortalized by Andy Warhol on this National Camera Day.
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“And I get the urge for going.When the meadow grass is turning brown.And summertime is Falling Down.”. Happy first day of Fall 🍁. Photo by Julian Wasser
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Today we celebrate Joni’s 78th birthday. Share your favorite memories, songs, and photos of Joni using #HBDJoni. Photo by Peter Bohler in 2018.
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“Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way.”. Happy first day of summer to all! . Photo by Joel Bernstein
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24 years ago today, Joni graced the world with her 17th studio album, 'Both Sides Now.’ Released in the 2000, the album weaves a melodic narrative of modern relationships, featuring orchestral renditions of classic jazz songs, including her iconic tracks like “A Case of You”
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Sorry to hear about the passing of my friend, Kris Kristofferson. - Joni . Photo by John Judge
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The American Academy of Arts & Letters has announced they will induct 18 new members and 3 honorees during its annual ceremony on 5/18/2022. Joni is honored to be this year’s American Honorary. The honor is considered the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the U.S.
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Today we celebrate Joni’s 79th birthday. Share your favorite memories, lyrics, and photos of Joni, and check back as we share highlights all day long. Photo by Rob Latour in 2018.
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Hands up for celebrating @Prince’s birthday and legacy today. Hear Prince’s beautiful rendition of “A Case of You” here: Photo by @AfshinShahidi.
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Happy Birthday to CLOUDS, released on this day in 1969 with original cover art by Joni. She recalled the painting in a STARART book as "an exercise in observation, a portrait done from a mirror over a period of a couple of weeks”.
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“No Regrets, Coyote” . Listen to the newly remastered version featured on THE ASYLUM ALBUMS (1976-1980) and pre-order here:
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“It's coming on Christmas.They're cutting down trees.They're putting up reindeer.And singing songs of joy and peace.Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on”. Listening to “River” all holiday season long. Photos by Joel Bernstein.
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Joni and her dulcimer in the hills of Laurel Canyon in 1970. Captured by Henry Diltz.
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Remembering the iconic @prince on his birthday today 💜 Watch his beautiful rendition of “A Case of You” and revisit the song here:
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Happy Birthday to my friend and ambassador, Brandi! Love, Joni
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Happy Birthday Stephen Stills. Photo by Robert Altman taken at the Celebration of Big Sur in 1969.
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“Happiness Is The Best Face-Lift”. Photo by Mark Hanauer on September 29, 1998
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23 years ago today, Joni released her 17th studio album, ‘Both Sides Now.’ The album was arranged to form the narrative of a romantic journey and went on to win two Grammy Awards. Revisit the album here:
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Just in time for Christmas, Joni has debuted the first official music video for “River.” This goes out especially to anyone who may be feeling lonely this Christmas. Stay safe & sound out there 💙 Directed by Matvey Rezanov. Animation by Skazka Studios.
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“Everybody get together.Try and love one another right now”. In September 1969, Joni joined Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at the Celebration at Big Sur, surprising the audience with “Get Together.” Rock journalist John Carpenter noted that her voice “carried out over the Esalen
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James Taylor and Joni at Lookout Mountain in January 1971. Photo by Joel Bernstein.
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Happy Birthday Graham Nash. Cheers to the memories and the music. Photo by Henry Diltz in 1969.
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“There's someone for me somewhere.And I still miss someone”. 53 years ago today, Joni was a guest on the premiere episode of the @JohnnyCash Show on ABC at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. This episode also featured @BobDylan.
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The celebration for tomorrow’s 50th Anniversary of BLUE is kicking off today with the release of BLUE 50 (Demos & Outtakes), a digital EP that debuts five unreleased recordings from the making of BLUE. Listen here: #BLUE50
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Wishing a happy birthday to @BobDylan! Today we celebrate with a video of Joni’s performance of “Coyote” with Bob Dylan and Roger McGuinn. Footage from "Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese"
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“I wouldn’t exist without Joni Mitchell.” - @Weyes Blood ahead of her and CJ Vanston’s performance of “Woodstock” during Joni's Les Paul Innovation Award Tribute at the 35th Annual NAMM TEC Awards on this day two years ago.
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Last Saturday, amidst the echoes of the Gorge, Joni, @brandicarlile, and an array of Joni Jammers took to the stage for the first time since last year’s surprise performance at Newport Folk Festival, crafting a mosaic of stories, laughter, and music. 💙
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Yearly revisit of the sweet moment David Hockney and Joni held hands at David’s solo exhibition at LA Louver gallery. Photo captured by Jacob Sousa on February 13, 2019.
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Celebrating 51 years of Blue 💙 Revisit the album here: Photo by Jack Robinson
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