Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live) Joni Mitchell

• 1Introduction by Brandi Carlile02:41
• 2Big Yellow Taxi (feat. Lucius) [Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022]02:40
• 3A Case of You (feat. Marcus Mumford) [Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022]04:51
• 4Amelia (feat. Taylor Goldsmith) [Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022]07:59
• 5Both Sides Now (Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022)05:40
• 6Just Like This Train (Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022)03:31
• 7Summertime (Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022)05:52
• 8Carey (feat. Brandi Carlile) [Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022]03:37
• 9Help Me (feat. Celisse) [Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022]05:20
• 10Come in From the Cold (feat. Taylor Goldsmith) [Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022]07:34
• 11Shine (feat. Brandi Carlile) [Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022]05:44
• 12The Circle Game (Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022)05:55
• Total Runtime01:01:24

Info for Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)

Joni Mitchell stunned the Newport Folk Festival audience last summer when she gave a surprise performance – her first in 20 years – delivering a heartfelt set filled with some of her greatest songs.

Mitchell’s triumphant return to the stage on July 24, 2022, will be featured on a new live album from Rhino, AT NEWPORT, available on July 28, 2023. Produced by close collaborator Brandi Carlile, along with Mitchell.

Mitchell was joined on stage at the Newport Folk Festival by a star-studded band led by Carlile, the 9x GRAMMY®-winning singer/songwriter. Other performers included Carlile’s bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth, Wynonna Judd, Marcus Mumford, Celisse, Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of Lucius, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, and more.

Mitchell delighted the audience, blending her voice with the other singers on stage on classics like “Big Yellow Taxi,” “A Case Of You,” and “Both Sides Now.” For good measure, she even flashed her guitar prowess, playing a solo instrumental version of “Just Like This Train.”

In his liner notes for AT NEWPORT, Cameron Crowe writes about Mitchell’s arduous and miraculous recovery from a life-threatening brain aneurysm in 2015, that led to her emotional return at Newport.

“Mitchell emerged from the side of the stage, swaying smoothly, in fine summer-style with beret and sunglasses. Her good-natured mood instantly set the tone. This performance would be an intimate gathering of friends, not unlike the Joni Jams she’d been hosting in her own living room over the last few years of recovery. Smiling broadly, Mitchell made her surprise appearance, taking her on-stage seat alongside Carlile. Within minutes, the news had rocketed around the globe. Mitchell was back, sparkling with enthusiasm, delivering a tender and passionate set of 13 songs, ending with a joyful sing-along of ‘The Circle Game.’”

Joni Mitchell, lead vocals, guitar (6)
Brandi Carlile, vocals
Phil Hanseroth, bass, backing vocals
Tim Hanseroth, guitar, dulcimer, backing vocals
Jess Wolfe, featured vocals (2), backing vocals
Holly Laessig, featured vocals (2), backing vocals
Taylor Goldsmith, guitar, featured vocals (4, 10), backing vocals
Celisse, guitar, featured vocals (9), backing vocals
Ben Lusher, piano
Blake Mills, guitar, backing vocals
Marcus Mumford, percussion, featured vocals (3), backing vocals
Josh Neumann, cello
Allison Russell, clarinet, backing vocals
Rick Whitfield, guitar, backing vocals
Matt Chamberlain, additional percussion
Wynonna Judd, backing vocals
Shooter Jennings, backing vocals
Kyleen King, backing vocals
Monique Ross, backing vocals
Chauntee Ross, backing vocals
Jay Carlile, backing vocals
Marcy Gensic, backing vocals
Sauchuen Yu, backing vocals

Recorded July 24, 2022 at Fort Adams State Park, Newport, Rhode Island
Produced by Brandi Carlile, Joni Mitchell

Please Note: we do not offer the 192 kHz version of this album, because the frequency spectrum looked rather bad!

Joni Mitchell began as the archetype of the folkie female singer-songwriter, an heir to Joan Baez. But she quickly moved forward, incorporating influences from jazz and the blues. 'Joni Mitchell heard Billie Holiday sing 'Solitude' when she was about nine years old — and she hasn't been the same since,' says Herbie Hancock. Those lessons of emotional vulnerability are evident in her delicate soprano trill, as well as in the undisguised wear of the sultry voice of her later work, punctuated by her jazzy syncopation. 'Joni's got a strange sense of rhythm that's all her own,' Bob Dylan told Rolling Stone. Above all, Mitchell won't be boxed in. 'The way she phrases always serves the lyrics perfectly, and yet her phrasing can be different every time,' Hancock says. 'She's a fighter for freedom.' (Source: Rolling Stone Magazine)

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