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Laura Marling celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of Joni Mitchell's LP, Blue.

4 Extra Debut. Laura Marling celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of Joni Mitchell's seminal 1971 album, 'Blue'. From 2021.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Joni Mitchell's seminal album Blue, Laura Marling tells the story behind the writing and recording of the album.

She also explains why Blue is regarded by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. 

Joni's masterpiece was conceived and created with raw emotion at its heart and she poured everything she had into the writing and recording of her music. As Joni said at the time, 

"I couldn’t look at people without weeping, I was just dripping in earnestness and sincerity. I realised a lot of people were listening to me, so they better find out who they’re worshipping, let’s see if they can take it, let’s get real - so I wrote Blue, which horrified a lot of people. I just revealed human traits. When people see themselves in it the communication is complete."

Laura explains how she first became aware of Blue and describes the enormous impact the album had on her - artistically and personally. 

Featuring contributions from other fans of Joni's iconic work - including:

Emeli Sande
Beth Orton
Ellie Goulding
James Taylor
Graham Nash
Seal 

A Zinc Media production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2021.

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