Blue at Fifty

 Hard to believe that fifty years have passed since Joni Mitchell made "Blue", this masterpiece of an album that always has, and undoubtedly always will, move me and shake me and put me into a very particular and special space ...

Here are a couple of present-day reads on this work: NPR's insightful comparisons with Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" and NYT's interviews with many who knew her.

And listen: 

But don't miss Joni's paintings, including self-portraits! And while we are at it, an NPR interview with Joni, about three years ago, at age 75.