Joni Mitchell stunned the gang at Newport People Pageant over the weekend when she joined Brandi Carlile on stage for 2 songs.
Followers have been handled to a uncommon efficiency from the music legend when she appeared throughout Carlile’s set on Sunday (July 24). Collectively, the pair sang Mitchell’s classics “Each Sides Now” and “A Case Of You”, launched in 1966 and 1971, respectively. She additionally performed the guitar solo from her 1974 music “Simply Like This Practice”.
Fan-shot footage from the efficiency reveals the tenderness that 78-year-old Mitchell nonetheless captures in her vocals, with a visibly emotional Carlile seated beside her. Watch it under.
It was Mitchell’s second time showing on the three-day competition since 1968, which came about in Newport, Rhode Island.
It additionally marked her second public efficiency this 12 months, following on from an look again in April on the MusiCares’ 2022 Individual of the Yr gala. She was awarded the titular honour on the occasion, and celebrated with renditions of her 1970 classics “Massive Yellow Taxi” and “The Circle Sport”, joined by Carlile, Beck, Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Stills, Jon Batiste and extra.
It was the primary time she’d carried out stay since 2013, when she’d given two impromptu performances at occasions the place she’d been invited to recite poetry. Previous to that, her final stay reveals have been in 2002, two years after she retired from touring.
