About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Joni Mitchell, Chad Kroeger, Feist, K.d. lang, Bruce Haack, Tegan and Sara, Terri Clark, Theo Tams, Ian Tyson, Jeff Arwadi, Kreesha Turner, Jann Arden, Aaron Lines, Joe Gurba, Raghav, Jaydee Bixby, Chad VanGaalen, Andrew Scott, Paul Janz, Samantha King, Cadence Weapon, Shane Yellowbird, Rich Dodson, Ann Vriend, Kalan Porter, Mark Templeton, Erin Wall, Omar Mouallem, Tim Gilbertson, Gordie Johnson, Quanteisha, Matt Masters, Ken Chinn, Eamon McGrath, Jeff Antoniuk, Andrew F, Tommy Banks, Lindsay Ell, Aaron James Sorensen, Hank Smith, Carol-Anne Day, Carson Cole, Norm Fisher, James Keelaghan, Jeff Melnyk, Rae Spoon, Dean Tuftin, Stacey Blades, Doug Hoyer, Dorn Beattie, Jay Sparrow, Michael Carey, Jim Walker, Nik Kozub, Jessie Burns. Excerpt: Joni Mitchell, CC, (born Roberta Joan Anderson; November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. In the mid-1960s she left for New York City and its rich folk music scene, recording her debut album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going," "Chelsea Morning," "Both Sides, Now," "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Finally settling in Southern California, Mitchell played a key part in the folk rock movement then sweeping the musical landscape. Blue, her starkly personal 1971 album, was voted #30 in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list of 2003. Mitchell also had pop hits such as "Big Yellow Taxi," "Free Man in Paris," and "Help Me," the last two from 1974's best-selling Court and Spark. Mitchell's distinctive harmonic guitar style and piano arrangements all grew more complex through the 1970s as she was deeply influenced by jazz, melding it with pop, folk and rock on experimental albums...
