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Joni Mitchell

Canadian singer-songwriter

Also known as: Roberta Joan Anderson

Written by Lucy M. O'Brien

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Last Updated: Mar 21, 2024 • Article History

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Original name:: Roberta Joan Anderson

Born:: November 7, 1943, Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada (age 80)

Awards And Honors:: Grammy Award (2024); Kennedy Center Honors (2021); Grammy Award (2007); Order of Canada (2004); Grammy Award (2000); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1997); Grammy Award (1995); Grammy Award (1974); Grammy Award (1969)

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Joni Mitchell (born November 7, 1943, Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian experimental singer-songwriter and one of the foremost folk music artists of the late 20th century. Her music reached its greatest popularity in the 1970s but has continued to be influential among 21st-century musicians. Once described as the “Yang to Bob Dylan’s Yin, equaling him in richness and profusion of imagery,” Mitchell, like her 1960s contemporary, turned pop music into an art form. Mitchell studied commercial art in her native Alberta before moving to Toronto in 1964 and performing at local folk clubs and coffeehouses. After a brief ...(100 of 1092 words)

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