Mitchell takes her last flight

Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell says her new “Travelogue” album, due Tuesday, will be the final destination on her three decade-plus pop music journey.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer tells W Magazine in its December issue that her disgust with the music industry’s relentless pursuit of trendiness has prompted her to give up songwriting. “What would I do?... Get hair extensions and a choreographer?” she asks in the interview. “It’s not my world.”

Mitchell has previously expressed her desire to channel her artistic energies into the painting she has always done in addition to her music. “Travelogue” is a double CD consisting of orchestrated arrangements of her songs with appearances by jazz musicians including Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.

-- Randy Lewis