Joni Mitchell Music Is Back on Spotify, After She Joined Neil Young in Pulling Songs Over Joe Rogan’s COVID ‘Lies’
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Without fanfare, Joni Mitchell‘s music catalog is again on Spotify — a little over two years after she pulled her work from the streaming platform in solidarity with longtime friend and collaborator Neil Young in a protest over Joe Rogan’s podcast spreading COVID misinformation.
Mitchell didn’t announce her return to Spotify, but as of Friday it appeared that her original albums were again available including 1969’s “Clouds” with her original recording of “Both Sides Now.” Also back on Spotify are “Blue” (1971), “Court and Spark” (1974) and “Mingus” (1979), as noted by the New York Times.
Reps for Mitchell and Spotify didn’t respond to requests for comment. The return of Mitchell’s music to Spotify come a week after Young announced that he was bringing his music back the service, saying that Apple and Amazon have “started serving the same disinformation” in podcasts that drove him to quit Spotify more than two years ago.
Young didn’t explain what podcast “disinformation” Apple and Amazon are allegedly carrying; that may be a reference to Rogan’s $250 million multiyear deal renewal with Spotify inked last month, under which “The Joe Rogan Experience” will no longer be exclusively available on Spotify.
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