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The Joni Epiphany

In this 2012 The New Yorker piece, novelist Zadie Smith tells how she came to love the music of Joni Mitchell, music that she first hated:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/17/some-notes-on-attunement

SIDEBAR: Smith came to our attention in an extraordinary NPR Fresh Air interview in November 2016.  With her name in mind, we visited the local library to check out a couple of her novels -- "Swing Time" and "White Teeth" -- and have been reading those during the past days.  And today, we stumble upon the Joni Mitchell piece noted above ...  You can learn a bit more about Smith on her website and in many online interviews such as this one:

Tinariwen: 'Elwan'

Been a while since we talked about these people, but they have a new album:
UPDATE: 3/19/17
Ok, let's try this: