“Joni hates the word ‘confessional’ as she thinks it implies you’ve done something wrong”: Brandi Carlile names her favourite Joni Mitchell album – and hails Joni’s 1971 classic as a record that “changed songwriting forever”

Joni Mitchell.

Brandi Carlile has played a significant role in helping legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell make her return to the stage following a near-fatal brain haemorrhage. And in a new interview, Carlile discusses how her own music has been influenced by some of Mitchell’s greatest work from the ’70s.

Speaking to MOJO magazine, Carlile says that Mitchell’s 1971 album Blue had a profound effect on her as a young artist, and singles out the track Little Green as particularly important.