“Like nothing I’d heard before”: Why was Laura Nyro never a star?
An underrated singer-songwriter.
Laura Nyro
The only artist Joni Mitchell wanted to be remembered with: “I looked to her”
Putting more heart into her performance.
The songwriter Joni Mitchell was actually happy to be compared to: “You can lump me in”
Only one person Mitchell could be “lumped in” with.
The artist Elton John called his all-time favourite writer: “I never got to tell her how great she was”
The more sophisticated side of pop songwriting.
