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Quite amazing and still such a strong, vibrant and beautiful voice.
Joni Mitchell, 80, making debut Grammy performance after recovering from brain aneurysm
It has been an incredible few years for Joni Mitchell.
The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter will make her debut performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday as part of a celebrated return for the 80-year-old following a brain aneurysm in 2015.
The music legend, who already has nine Grammy Awards to her name and a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, is nominated for best folk album for her album "Joni Mitchell at Newport [Live]," which was recorded in 2022 during her surprise performance at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island.
Mitchell, who is known for hits like "Both Sides Now" and "Big Yellow Taxi," was honored as the Grammy's MusicCares Person of the Year with a show in Las Vegas in 2022, and in 2023, she received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at an event in Washington, D.C. ...............
..........."We are living in the time of Joni Mitchell," friend and collaborator Brandi Carlile said on stage in Las Vegas, according to the Tennessean.
Her Newport set was one of Mitchell’s first live performances in years.
After suffering the brain aneurysm, along with relearning to walk and talk, the folk legend had to relearn how to play music. She taught herself to play by watching videos of other musicians.
"I'm learning. I'm looking at videos on the net to see where to put my fingers," Mitchell explained to CBS Mornings in 2022. "It's amazing what an aneurysm knocks out - how to get out of a chair. You don't know how to get out of bed. You have to learn all these things by rote again."
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/joni-mitchell-80-debut-grammy-performance-recovering-brain-aneurysm
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiluPSmAF8
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Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs.
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