Joni Mitchell

Birth Name:

Roberta Joan Mitchell

Birth Place:

Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada

Profession

Soundtrack, Actress, Music department

Received the ASCAP Founders Award in 1999
Was awarded the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015
Was named the recipient of the 1995 Billboard Century Award
Got her big break when guitarist David Crosby discovered her performing in a Florida club
Interested in music at a young age, she started playing the baritone ukelele because she could not afford a guitar
Studied at the Alberta College of Art, but left to become a performer
Singer and songwriter well known for using her own paintings as the cover of her albums
Dedicated her first album to her grade 7 teacher, who taught her to hone her writing skills
Had her song "Both Sides Now" featured at the 2010 Olympics opening ceremony

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