Chrissie Hynde
Upon hearing "Private Life" from Hynde's first album "Pretenders," Elvis Costello is said to have proclaimed it the greatest Joni Mitchell song Mitchell never wrote.

Lucinda Williams
Like Joni, this folk/blues traditionalist and daughter of a globe-trotting English professor puts the words first. Her "Passionate Kisses" was recorded by Mary-Chapin Carpenter; Emmylou Harris covered her "Sweet Old World."

Shawn Colvin
A very Joni-esque upper register.

Tracy Chapman
In a parallel universe, Joni might have written "Fast Car."

Joan Osborne
The Joni of the '90s.

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Tori Amos
She covers Simon's "Boys in the Trees" in concert. Possibly the only other living human who understands what Carly meant by "clouds in my coffee."

Alanis Morissette
Carly's angry, raw vocals on a previously unreleased 1972 version of John Prine's "Angel from Montgomery" (included on "Clouds in My Coffee") are proto-Alanis.

Lisa Loeb
In a parallel universe, Carly is her mom.

Rosanne Cash
What Carly might sound like with a sweeter voice, smarter poetry and a cooler
dysfunctional family.

Sheryl Crow
The Carly of the '90s.

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