In mid-August 1969, hundreds of thousands of people swarmed Max Yasgur’s Farm in upstate New York to attend the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, but Joni Mitchell sadly wasn’t one of them. Despite being ...
Under different circumstances, Joni Mitchell probably would’ve been at Woodstock. However, as fate would have it, the rising Canadian star was making her Dick Cavett Show debut right after the ...
The nth playing of Jimi Hendrix's "Star-Spangled Banner" and Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock." The nth repetition of the once head-snapping facts that Joni Mitchell herself wasn't at Woodstock and that ...
Brandi Carlile offered a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s song “Woodstock” during a performance for SiriusXM’s Small Stage Series. The track comes off Mitchell’s 1970 album Ladies Of The Canyon. Carlile ...
The Woodstock Musc & Art Fair took place August 15 to August 18, 1969. This weekend we remember the landmark event with a few takes on Joni Mitchell's song of celebration, written from the perspective ...
As somehow who now lives in Woodstock, NY, I love cataloguing the reactions of people when I tell them my whereabouts, the most common of which is “Oh, like the festival?” But, fun fact: Woodstock the ...
Woodstock turns 50 this year. Although I missed the grand event, I wasn’t alone. A young folk singer named Joni Mitchell missed it too. After watching the concert on T.V., she sat down to her piano ...
Joni Mitchell wasn’t at Woodstock (her manager decided a Dick Cavett TV appearance would be a better career move), but she tearfully penned its anthem. John Kelly isn’t Joni Mitchell, but he channels ...
Renowned songstress Chelsea Wolfe has revealed two unreleased songs from her Birth of Violence sessions during which she masterfully returned to her folk roots. Her stunning spin on Joni Mitchell's ...
I’m going to join in a rock ‘n’ roll band I’m going to get back to the land And get my soul free … —Joni Mitchell, “Woodstock” On July 20, 1969, a man walked on the moon. Three weekends later, about a ...
Chelsea Wolfe has shared two newly-released songs, “Green Altar” and a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock.” The two songs were recorded during the sessions for Wolfe’s previous album, Birth of ...