MusiCares’ Joni Mitchell Tribute Slates Brandi Carlile, Beck, Sara Bareilles, St. Vincent and More
variety.comChris Willman Music WriterA cast of 18 Grammy-winning or -nominated performers has been announced for MusiCares’ person of the year salute to Joni Mitchell taking place on April 1 in Las Vegas, with Brandi Carlile and Jon Batiste leading the way as the night’s artistic directors as well as being among the featured musicians.Also appearing on the list of performers covering Mitchell’s material at the gala dinner: Sara Bareilles, Beck, Black Pumas, Leon Bridges, Lauren Daigle, Mickey Guyton, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angélique Kidjo, Cyndi Lauper, Pentatonix, Billy Porter, Allison Russell, Stephen Stills and St.
Vincent. Graham Nash will also be part of the evening, via a remote performance.Eight of those performers had been announced when the MusiCares dinner was first slated for L.A.
in late January and have made the move to Las Vegas in April. Ten are new additions, as of today’s announcement — Bareilles, Beck, Daigle, Khan, Kidjo, Lauper, Porter, Russell, Stills and St.
Vincent. (Two artists who’d been booked for the show when it was to take place in January, James Taylor and Maggie Rogers, no longer appear on the lineup, having had to bow out because of conflicts with the rescheduled date.)As previously announced, the 31st annual MusiCares gala will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Conference Center instead of its usual L.A.
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