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Joni Mitchell: Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm

Ben Fong-Torres, Chatelaine, June 1988

Joni Mitchell was a folk star in the '70s, ignored in the '80s when she turned to jazz. Her new album, which tackles everything from Yuppie materialism to environmental destruction, has a slick rock gloss that is putting her back on the airwaves.

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