Respected Canadian singer-songwriter and one of the leading musicians of the 1960s and 70s, Joni Mitchell surprised the Rhode Island audience on Sunday. She performed at the Newport Folk Festival and played her full set guitar for the first time in about 20 years. In hand.
Mitchell, who is not in the limelight, Cerebral aneurysm When she recovered, she made some short appearances: in December, she gave Unusual speech She accepted the Kennedy Center’s honor and appeared on television at the Grammy Awards in April and was honored with a gala. MusiCaresGrammy Award-related charity.
But on Sunday, Mitchell, 78, wearing a beret and sunglasses, Played some of her most iconic songs“Carry”, “Big Yellow Taxi”, “Light and Shadow of Youth”, etc.
At one point, Mitchell, with an electric guitar on his shoulder, played a few minutes of solo. “Like this train” Like the fans cheered and cheered.
“She returned to the Newport Folkfest stage 53 years after finishing everything. I’ll never forget sitting next to her while she stopped this old world for a while.” And Mitchell’s backup singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile during her festival appearance Said in a Twitter post..
“I saw so many aspects of life,” Mitchell added, “getting out of the storm of singing like a prophet.”
Mitchell has restricted her appearance in recent years, but she hasn’t avoided headlines.
In January, Mitchell joined Neil Young to boycott the streaming service Spotify and serve as a platform for misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine.
“Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are sacrificing people’s lives,” Mitchell wrote about the company at the time. “I am in solidarity with Neil Young and the world’s scientific and medical community on this issue,” she added.
On Sunday, several musicians, including Carlyl, were on stage next to Mitchell and sang with her. “I’ll never go beyond this. I can’t even see it until the tears come back,” Carlyl later wrote on Twitter. “please forgive me.”
As Mitchell and Carlyl sang “Your case” From the influential “Blue” album released over 50 years ago, Mitchell sang:
Oh, I was able to drink your case, loved one
And I will still be at my feet
Oh, I’ll still be up.
The crowd barked.