Joni Mitchell photographed by Graham Nash, 1969. Imagine popping out for groceries and running into The Doors frontman Jim Morrison or Canadian rocker Neil Young, maybe scoring an invite to Joni Mitchell’s house for dinner or a BBQ at Jimi Hendrix’s. If you’d lived in a small community in the Hol

This blog entry is about Laurel Canyon. Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography’s map of Laurel Canyon, available on art prints and a variety of merchandise What’s now Los Angeles was first…

Frank Zappa lived in this house for a couple of years. He had to leave as it became more and more a "crash pad" for too many eccentrics.

Henry Diltz's iconic images of the 60s folk-rock scene that centred on LA's Laurel Canyon

As a new book and box set are released, Sean O’Hagan argues that Joni Mitchell’s very best albums contain a depth of songwriting that remains unsurpassed

Laurel Canyon, California

Laurel Canyon was the breeding ground for the confessional singer-songwriter sound made popular by leading lights Mitchell, Taylor, and King. It was the birthplace of the laid-back, uniquely Californian country-rock music pioneered by the likes of the Byrds and taken to unimaginable heights by the Eagles.