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Joni Mitchell releasing 1968 Ottawa show recorded by Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix and Joni Mitchell (Picture: Getty)
Following his two performances on that night, Hendrix rolled in to Le Hibou with his reel-to-reel recorder as promised and kneeled in front of the stage, unnoticed by most, and recorded Mitchell’s two sets that evening. As he also noted in his diary, Hendrix, like many others at the time, was mesmerized by Mitchell: “fantastic girl with heaven words.”

Laura Nyro: the phenomenal singers’ singer/songwriter the 60s overlooked

‘She wrote songs celebrating motherhood, female sexuality and her menstrual cycle’ … Laura Nyro in New York, 1968. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Photo: ‘She wrote songs celebrating motherhood, female sexuality and her menstrual cycle’ … Laura Nyro in New York, 1968. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Imagine a time when ‘new albums’ -not new ‘female’ albums- included Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, Blue…

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