Joni Mitchell made a uncommon public efficiency tonight (July 24) on the Newport Folks Pageant, her first on the occasion since 1969. Mitchell, 78, was helped onstage with the help of a cane to affix shut buddy Brandi Carlile throughout her set, and sat in a big chair whereas singing “A Case of You,” “Simply Like This Practice,” “Each Sides, Now,” “Large Yellow Taxi,” “Summertime” and “Circle Recreation.” She even stood as much as play some electrical guitar at one level.
Carlile is a longtime Mitchell devotee and has even carried out the latter’s basic album Blue in its entirety. Carlile additionally impressed Mitchell to carry out two songs on stage at her personal MusiCares’ Individual of the 12 months tribute on April 1 in Las Vegas, her first multi-song look in public since 2013.
Final night time Paul Simon then tonight Brandi Carlile introduced the legendary Joni Mitchell to Newport together with a circle of fantastic musicians to rejoice her. What a pageant! pic.twitter.com/1QGVNI6scC
— Ryan Cordell (@ryancordell) July 25, 2022
What’s life? Joni Mitchell singing A Case of You with Brandi Carlile!#NewportFolkFest pic.twitter.com/61KbnaQFAj
— Aimsel Ponti (@Aimsel) July 24, 2022
Mitchell has been in frail well being since struggling a mind aneurysm in 2015. She has not toured since 2000 and hasn’t launched a brand new studio album since 2007’s Shine. In recent times, Mitchell has overseen plenty of archival releases of her legendary again catalog and has been considerably extra regularly in public. In January, she joined fellow ’60s people rock icons David Crosby and Neil Younger in demanding her music be faraway from Spotify in protest of the streaming service’s relationship with podcaster Joe Rogan.
Mitchell’s Newport Folks look tonight comes a day after Paul Simon’s shock efficiency throughout a tribute to his music led by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night time Sweats. Simon had by no means beforehand carried out on the occasion.
