True survivors: Joni Mitchell jams with Elton John on ‘I’m Still Standing’ at Hollywood Bowl concert
nypost.com‘I’m Still Standing,’” Mitchell said to the crowd. “But I think I have to sing, ‘I’m still sitting after all these years.’” As if that weren’t enough, Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox and Meryl Streep — yes, Meryl Streep — also joined in the fun for an all-star rendition of “I’m Still Standing” that drew cheers from the crowd of 17,000 at the amphitheater.It was a joyous highlight of Mitchell’s two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl — her first headlining concerts in Los Angeles in 24 years.
And a host of musicians — from Marcus Mumford and Jacob Collier to Jon Batiste — came out to jam with the “Big Yellow Taxi” singer.Mitchell — who released her “The Asylum Years (1976 to 1980)” box set earlier this month — played three songs for the first-time ever in her iconic career: “Harlem in Havana,” “The Sire of Sorrow (Job’s Sad Song)” and “If I Had a Heart.”The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer also performed such live rarities as “Hejira,” “God Must Be a Boogie Man” and “Dog Eat Dog.”After suffering a brain aneurysm in 2015 that left her unable to speak or walk, Mitchell has been on the comeback since making a surprise return to the stage at the Newport Folk Festival in 2022.She followed that up in 2023 with a headlining concert at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Washington.And then — after winning Best Folk Album for her 2023 LP “Joni Mitchell at Newport [Live]” — the singer-songwriter made her long-overdue Grammy debut in February with a stirring rendition of “Both Sides, Now.” Earlier this year, Mitchell also saluted John and his songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, when they received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Washington, DC.
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