Home / Music / Joni Mitchell wrote Hejira while she couldn't sit stillMusic linernotes album music joni-mitchellJoni Mitchell wrote Hejira while she couldn't sit stillThe songs came together during a period of frequent travel in late 1975 and early 1976. You can hear the highway in every track — restlessness as creative fuel. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHejira went gold in the US and silver in the UKJoni Mitchell's last top-10 album reached #4For the Roses is Joni Mitchell's bridge from folk confession to jazz sophisticationCourt and Spark is widely regarded as Joni Mitchell's masterpiece — Pazz & Jop No. 1 for 1974'You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio' was Joni Mitchell's sly response to radio programmersExploreIrma Thomas is the Soul Queen of New OrleansIsaac Stern saved Carnegie Hall from demolitionJ.C. Bach bridged the Baroque and Classical erasJan Garbarek's best-selling album was recorded in a monasteryLinda Ronstadt recorded three Karla Bonoff songs and launched her careerPrevious Joni Mitchell's Hejira came out in 1976Next Joe Boyd brought his Nick Drake touch to Just Another Diamond Day.