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Joni Mitchell at Troubadours of Folk Festival: Drake Stadium, UCLA

Mark Rowland, Musician, August 1993

FOR HER FIRST public performance in several years, Joni Mitchell found a way to affirm her spiritual ties to the folk music community whence she came, while showcasing songs whose intentions ranged far beyond that music's traditional boundaries.

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