Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now: Conversations with Malka Marom

When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom was invited to interview Joni Mitchell in 1973, she eagerly embraced the chance to converse with the performer she'd first encountered late one night in 1966 at an open mic in Yorkville. Further conversations unfolded over the subsequent four decades of their friendship, and it wasn't until Joni and Malka completed their final recorded interview in 2012 that Malka discerned the central theme of their discussions: the creative process itself.

In Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now, Joni and Malka trace this thread through seven decades of life and art, exploring the profound influence of Joni's childhood, the impact of love and loss, experiences playing in small venues and at huge festivals, navigating acclaim and criticism, the realities of both poverty and affluence, and the spectrum of glamorous triumphs and tragic mistakes. This captivating narrative, woven together through interviews, lyrics, paintings, and photographs, is shared with the aspiration of inspiring others on their own creative journeys.