4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980).
And we played back the album, and she listened.
Partons reaction is an apt description forArchives Vol.
Joni Mitchell performs at The Boston Music Hall December 19, 1976 in Boston MA.Ron Pownall/Getty Images
4, a collection that gives listeners a birds-eye view into those deep thoughts.
4kicks off in the fall of 1975, when Mitchell was on the Rolling Thunder Revue.
Thats because it contains demos for the belovedHejira, which Mitchell famously wrote while traveling cross-country.
Maybe theres a couple of more chapters to go, she says.
Then and now, wherever the journey takes her, were sure to follow.