With the first volume of Joni Mitchell’s Archives series offering material that leads up to her 1968 debut album, Archives Vol. 2 picks up the torch from there and runs up to some late ’70/early ’71 ...

Joni Mitchell has announced plans to release the fourth installment of her ongoing series of rare archival recordings, Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980). The collection, ...

Don’t be confused by the word “archives” in the title of this Joni Mitchell release. That might lead some to think this is a “best of” selection or collection of previously released music. But a ...

The biographical fallacy—the idea that artists’ work should primarily be interpreted in light of the events of their lives—has dogged Joni Mitchell from the start of her public career as a ...

In the late ‘70s, Joni Mitchell rode a surge of critical and commercial success into a fearless and unfettered period of artistic experimentation, drawing on disparate sources from the underground to ...

The volumes of Joni Mitchell’s glorious vault-clearing series of “Archives” boxed sets are organized by musical eras, and the first three were relatively tidy: the folkie ‘60s; the “Ladies of the ...