Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Joni Mitchell is known as one of the most influential folk ...

The year 1974 was quite a big one for the singer-songwriter and folk musician alike, and a ton of songs released that year ...

It might seem ludicrous to use the word "underappreciated" when discussing an artist with as many accomplishments and accolades as Joni Mitchell. In addition to having sold millions of albums, ...

Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell obviously are widely considered two of the all-time greatest and most influential singer/songwriters. Dylan and Mitchell also have expressed great admiration for each other ...

We say it every year: There are way too many music books for any human to keep track of, let alone read. Yet this year has seen a backbreaking pile of welcome additions to the boundless stacks, just a ...

A video montage at the top of the special includes a vintage clip of Lauper posing the question “Who is this girl Cyndi Lauper and why is she so unusual?” The two-hour special effectively answers that ...

Seyfried was, originally, approached to play Mitchell in a biopic and started to learn how to play the dulcimer. She took on the instrument when she was working with Mitchell’s manager, Elliot Roberts ...