Icon, artist, poet and muse, Joni Mitchell has been a creative force for more than 35 years. Written and researched with her co-operation and including new interviews with close friends, contemporaries, musicians and industry insiders, this is the first in-depth biography of one of the world's most influential recording artists.
This edition has been fully updated to include Mitchell's artistic response to the events of 11 September 2001 and the recording of her new album.
In an artistic career spanning four decades, Joni Mitchell inspired the 1960s baby-boomers, created a soundtrack for the Woodstock generation and received critical acclaim for a succession of ground-breaking albums including 'Clouds', 'Blue', 'Court and Spark' and 'The Hissing Of Summer Lawns'.
She came to be acknowledged as a pivotal inspiration for a new generation of musicians and songwriters: women like Susan Vega, Rickie Lee Jones, Sheryl Crow, Tori Amos and Alanis Morissette, as well as male artists including Prince, Elvis Costello, Morrissey, Seal and Beck.
