Editing Joni Mitchell (section)

===2006–2010: ''Shine'' and other late recordings===
In an interview with the ''[[The Ottawa Citizen|Ottawa Citizen]]'' in October 2006, Mitchell "revealed that she was recording her first collection of new songs in nearly a decade", but gave few other details.<ref name="ottawa" /> Four months later, in an interview with ''The New York Times'', Mitchell said that the forthcoming album, titled ''[[Shine (Joni Mitchell album)|Shine]]'', was inspired by the war in Iraq and "something her grandson had said while listening to family fighting: 'Bad dreams are good—in the great plan.'"<ref name="nytdance">{{cite news |last=Yaffe |first=David |author-link=David Yaffe (music critic) |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E7D6143FF937A35751C0A9619C8B63 |title=DANCE: Working Three Shifts, And Outrage Overtime |work=The New York Times |date=February 4, 2007 |access-date=April 8, 2008 |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429234801/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E7D6143FF937A35751C0A9619C8B63 |url-status=live}}</ref> Early media reports characterized the album as having "a minimal feel&nbsp;... that harks back to [Mitchell's] early work" and a focus on political and environmental issues.<ref name="renai" />

In February 2007, Mitchell returned to [[Calgary]] and served as an advisor for the [[Alberta Ballet Company]] premiere of "The Fiddle and the Drum", a dance choreographed by Jean Grand-Maître to both new and old songs.<ref>From the DVD ''Fiddle and the Drum'' cover</ref> She worked with the French-Canadian TV director Mario Rouleau, well known for work in art and dance for television, such as [[Cirque du Soleil]].<ref>From the cover of the DVD: ''Cirque du Soleil, the concert'', 2015</ref> She also filmed portions of the rehearsals for a documentary that she was working on. Of the flurry of recent activity she quipped, "I've never worked so hard in my life."<ref name="nytdance"/>

In mid-2007, Mitchell's official fan-run site confirmed speculation that she had signed a two-record deal with [[Starbucks]]' [[Hear Music]] label. ''Shine'' was released by the label on September 25, 2007, debuting at number 14 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, her highest chart position in the United States since the release of ''[[Hejira (album)|Hejira]]'' in 1976, over thirty years previously, and at number 36 on the United Kingdom albums chart. On the same day, [[Herbie Hancock]], a longtime associate and friend of Mitchell, released ''[[River: The Joni Letters]]'', an album paying tribute to Mitchell's work. Among the album's contributors were [[Norah Jones]], [[Tina Turner]], [[Leonard Cohen]], and Mitchell herself, who contributed a vocal to the re-recording of "The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)" (originally on her album ''[[Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herbiehancock.com/news/story.php?sid=59|title=Herbie Hancock's "River: The Joni Letters" Set For Release on September 25th|date=August 1, 2007|website=HerbieHancock.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430185737/http://www.herbiehancock.com/news/story.php?sid=59|archive-date=April 30, 2008|access-date=December 8, 2014}}</ref> On February 10, 2008, Hancock's recording won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards. It was the first time in 43 years that a jazz artist had taken the top prize at the annual award ceremony. In accepting the award, Hancock paid tribute to Mitchell as well as to [[Miles Davis]] and [[John Coltrane]]. At the same ceremony Mitchell won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Pop Performance for the opening track, "One Week Last Summer", from her album ''Shine''.

In 2009, Mitchell stated she had the skin condition [[Morgellons]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269369/joni-mitchell-hopes-to-spread-fiddle|title=Joni Mitchell Hopes To Spread 'Fiddle'|magazine=Billboard|first=Gary |last=Graff |author-link=Gary Graff |date=February 20, 2009|access-date=February 21, 2011|archive-date=June 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604210522/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269369/joni-mitchell-hopes-to-spread-fiddle|url-status=live}}</ref> and that she would leave the music industry to work toward giving more credibility to people who suffer from Morgellons.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-jonimitchell-20100422,0,5684541.story?page=2 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | title=It's a Joni Mitchell concert, sans Joni | first=Matt | last=Diehl | date=April 22, 2010 | access-date=April 17, 2020 | archive-date=January 28, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128095435/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-jonimitchell-20100422,0,5684541.story?page=2 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2010 interview with the ''Los Angeles Times'', Mitchell was quoted as saying that singer-songwriter [[Bob Dylan]], with whom she had worked closely in the past, was a fake and a [[plagiarism|plagiarist]]. The controversial remark was widely reported by other media.<ref name="Mitchell: Dylan's a fake">{{cite news |title=Mitchell: Dylan's a 'fake' |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36741933 |url-status=dead |work=NBC Today Show |access-date=October 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918210308/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36741933/ |archive-date=September 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Michaels |first=Sean |author-link=Sean Michaels (writer) |title=Bob Dylan is 'a plagiarist', claims Joni Mitchell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/23/bob-dylan-joni-mitchell |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=April 23, 2010 |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127141008/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/23/bob-dylan-joni-mitchell |archive-date=November 27, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Mitchell did not explain the contention further, but several media outlets speculated that it may have related to the allegations of plagiarism surrounding some lyrics on Dylan's 2006 album ''[[Modern Times (Bob Dylan album)|Modern Times]]''.<ref name="Mitchell: Dylan's a fake"/> In a 2013 interview with [[Jian Ghomeshi]], she was asked about the comments and responded by denying that she had made the statement. She also mentioned the allegations of plagiarism that arose over the lyrics to Dylan's 2001 album ''[[Love and Theft (Bob Dylan album)|Love and Theft]]'', in the general context of the flow and ebb of the creative process of artists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusive: Joni Mitchell talks to Jian Ghomeshi about death, hippies, art and getting 'Banffed' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/joni-mitchell-reflects-on-her-life-and-legacy-1.1307145 |publisher=[[CBC Music]] |date=June 6, 2013 |access-date=August 28, 2023}}{{cbignore}}</ref>