New Joni Mitchell releases – burnishing the legacy

Thanks to careful nurturing of the legacy, Joni Mitchell is now getting her due as one of the most important musicians of the last 50 years.

The legacy will be further burnished with next week’s Rhino release of “Remastered and Expanded” double disc versions of three of her great albums, from the mid-1970s –Court & Spark, The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, and Hejira.

Alongside the various finely judged compilations, the box set and the orchestral reworkings and standards of the last few years, the new releases help to showcase a catalogue with very little competition in rock music.



Gerry Smith