Joni Mitchell

US indie icon talks about her childhood kidnapping and her repressive upbringing

It’s a big misconception ‘that I broke The Beatles up … Once a headline is out it sticks’

At 80, the superstar musician has survived heroin addiction, illness and tragedy

Writers from Alice Munro to JD Salinger mine their dangerous passions and restless ennui

Musician’s son produced his latest record featuring delicate and moving work

Programme draws on Donegal landscape with blend of in-person and online events

Not many artists can successfully crack open the hard shell that protects them from themselves

Introduction of beats and electronic elements overhauling many songs in the album

It’s too long and too in thrall to Blue-era Joni Mitchell, but there’s much to like here

The expat artist’s new album tackles the omertà over his home country’s recent past

Donald Clarke: You can’t beat 1981. Others will argue for 1967, 1989, 1995 or 2020. Nobody is right. Nobody is wrong

This album has seeped into our heads, song by song, and is an exercise in sheer simplicity

Norwegian musician has managed to wrest something very beautiful from depths of her grief

Paul Flynn: Here is a trio of delicious options for the many soup lovers in Ireland

The singer-songwriter has been doing extraordinary things ever since she arrived in Britain alone aged 6

The opening up of grounds to spectators has been a frustrating process for all involved