Ellie Goulding, Norah Jones and Brittany Howard were among the artists that paid tribute to Joni Mitchell at the ceremony for this year’s Kennedy Center Honors, where the iconic singer-songwriter received a lifetime achievement award.All of the performers put their own spins on classics from Mitchell’s discography, which between 1968 and 2007, spanned 19 studio albums.
Goulding performed Mitchell’s 1970 hit ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ (which first appeared on the honouree’s third album, ‘Ladies Of The Canyon’), while Howard and Herbie Hancock joined forces for a rendition of ‘Both Sides, Now’ (from 1969’s ‘Clouds’).Jones delivered a medley of Mitchell’s tracks, with the keystone being 1974’s ‘Help Me’ (Mitchell’s biggest-ever hit, from that same.
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