Joni Mitchell Turns 65

I've got a few of her tracks on my iPod and when they come up on the shuffle mode it's always a treat. You'll find a good analysis of her recording career here:

Joni Mitchell turns 65 years old on Friday. As a milestone, reaching that age doesn't mean what it once did, but any opportunity to celebrate Ms. Mitchell and her work is worth seizing. Gifted and fearless, she remains among the finest singer-songwriters of the rock era, a title that doesn't quite accommodate the breadth of music and the audacity of her career. As David Crosby told me when I called him last week, "In a hundred years, when they ask who was the greatest songwriter of the era, it's got to be her or Dylan. I think it's her. And she's a better musician than Bob."

That's no small praise, and reason enough for me to look for more of her stuff to add to my iPod.