music Enjoy some early Joni Mitchell Bob Knetzger

pop music Joni Mitchell takes the stage at the Newport Folk Festival for surprise performance Gareth Branwyn

music Joni Mitchell performs onstage for the first time since 2013 Gareth Branwyn

folk music How Joni Mitchell broke up with David Crosby by singing him a song Gareth Branwyn

pop music Why Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" is such a great love song Gareth Branwyn

folk music Unreleased Joni Mitchell song from 1967 Gareth Branwyn

pop music Joni Mitchell's humblingly beautiful isolated vocals on "River" Gareth Branwyn

Rest in Peace Watch John Prine sing a song to Gordon Lightfoot Jennifer Sandlin

music Jazz innovator Wayne Shorter, RIP David Pescovitz

concerts The man who shot Ronald Reagan is playing a concert in Brooklyn this summer Thom Dunn

trump Mary Trump ditches her Spotify podcast to protest Joe Rogan's presence on the platform Mark Frauenfelder

art "In" is a gorgeous graphic novel about trying to find genuine human connections Thom Dunn

music Listen to the Canadian government's official census soundtrack Thom Dunn

music [Trailer] Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Xeni Jardin

music Trailer for new documentary about the 60s-70s Laurel Canyon music scene featuring Tom Petty, Cat Power, Jackson Browne, Norah Jones David Pescovitz

fake news Exhuming JonBenet, Michelle Obama eating herself to death, and Prince Charles' bombshell confession, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants What, today, would most delight a serious Joni Mitchell fan? (Other than a new album?) Spider Robinson

tabloids UFO sightings are on the rise, say tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Listen to President Obama's summer playlists David Pescovitz