The albums Joni Mitchell called her “all-time favorite records in just any field of music”
Pieces of her musical soul.
Miles Davis
The jazz musicians that influenced Patti Smith more than anyone: “My love of the human voice”
You can hear their influence.
The one musician Joni Mitchell called the pinnacle of music: “It seemed so far away”
Always helping music expand.
The drummer Charlie Watts said was on another level: “Unlike anybody else”
Charlie Watts was never a huge fan of rock ‘n’ roll.
The song David Crosby called the greatest thing that ever happened to him: “It was an honour”
The moments songwriters live for.
Why James Murphy thought Miles Davis was “tediously populist”
A classic 2005 case of uber-contrarianism.
