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At last summer’s Newport Folk Festival, singer Brandi Carlisle’s fans got a shocking surprise. It’s a guest appearance from Joni Mitchell, who has barely made public appearances since recovering from an aneurysm in 2015. Fun performances were old fashioned. Viral — Feeling good across generations.
This month, the second wave of comebacks has arrived. Mitchell on electric guitar accompanied by acolytes Annie Lennox, Alison Russell, Wendy, Lisa and Sara in a nearly three-hour Joni Jam at Carlisle’s Echoes Through the Canyon Festival in Washington. I sang while playing. such as McLachlan.
This week’s popcast talks about how Mitchell was received at the height of his career, the steps he’s taken recently toward performing in public, and how he’s been remaking his music in his later years. Conversation takes place.
