The story behind Joni Mitchell in blackface | Commotion Clip

Joni Mitchell posed in blackface, as a character she invented called Art Nouveau, on multiple occasions over the course of several years, including on the cover of her album Don Juan's Reckless Daughter in 1977. Ann Powers, music critic and author of the unauthorized biography Traveling, discusses how she approached this disturbing and little known part of Joni's story. Commotion's IG:   / commotioncbc   🎧 More Commotion episodes: https://tinyurl.com/38sr75vy ✨ Like this podcast? You might like Front Burner. Listen here: https://link.chtbl.com/oaZJVvxu 👉 Subscribe for more: https://tinyurl.com/33nevsrm This podcast is part of the CBC Podcasts family. Find this podcast and others at https://cbc.ca/podcasts Thank you for listening