Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now (Live at the Newport Folk Festival 2022) [Official Video]

_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 in partnership with Brandi Carlile and a remarkable cast of musicians and friends that formed The Joni Jam. Her triumphant return to the stage on July 24, 2022, will be featured on a new live album, AT NEWPORT. Available on July 28, 2023 and produced by Brandi Carlile & Joni, AT NEWPORT will be available on CD, 2-LP, digitally, and in Dolby Atmos. Pre-order here:_

Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island
Video by SöPa Productions
Location Audio Facilities provided by Aura-Sonic, Ltd., NYC

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Joni Jam Players:

Joni Mitchell: vocals, guitar • Brandi Carlile: vocals (courtesy of Elektra Records) • Phil Hanseroth: bass, backing vocals (courtesy of Elektra Records) • Tim Hanseroth: guitar, dulcimer, backing vocals (courtesy of Elektra Records) • Lucius – Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig: vocals, backing vocals (courtesy of Mom+Pop) • Taylor Goldsmith: guitar, vocals, backing vocals • Celisse: guitar, vocals, backing vocals • Ben Lusher: piano • Blake Mills: guitar, backing vocals (courtesy of A New Deal Records/Verve Records) • Marcus Mumford: percussion, vocals, backing vocals (courtesy of Capitol Records) • Josh Neumann: cello • Allison Russell: clarinet, backing vocals (courtesy of Fantasy Records) • Rick Whitfield: guitar, backing vocals • Matt Chamberlain: additional percussion

Group Vocals: Wynonna Judd (courtesy of ANTI Records) • Shooter Jennings • Kyleen King • SistaStrings — Monique Ross & Chauntee Ross • Jay Carlile • Marcy Gensic • Sauchuen Yu

[joaquinvargas]

The word "special" is overused, but this performance really is special. From her flawless phrasing, the gorgeously weathered tone of her voice, Brandi Carlyle showing supreme sensitivity and class in guiding when needed and stepping back when not, to the fact that Joni wrote this when she was 23 as if sending a message to her future self. Doesn't get any better than this.

[Shahrdad]

A 23 year old wrote a song for her 78 year old self to sing.

[bllamont]

Absolutely beautiful. What pulled my heartstrings was when Carlisle led Mitchell into the next verse. I cried with happiness.

[mysticwanderer]

There is a poignancy in this song that was not there in Joni's younger years. She sings it as if she is speaking to a grandchild about a life long lived and passing on all of the misconceptions about life that she had in her younger years. A timeless song by a timeless singer. Love you Joni Mitchell!

[Sih]

Her voice has changed immensely through the years, but it’s aged like a fine wine, with grace and dignity. She just rocks.❤️

[patrickmckeegan]

My wife died on the 14th the day before our 52 wedding anniversary after a battle with cancer. We both loved Joni Mitchell, her music was the sound track to our first years of married life. I mourn my wife but this has taken me back to those first days when all that mattered was loving each other and dreaming of the future. Joni, thank you for bringing back those memories.

[jesusleon]

A Joni Mitchell performance for the ages. The unsung hero her is the piano player.

[dianatheiss]

Can we all admit that we just experienced something mysterious and beautiful? How is it that so many (myself included) were in tears in the first few notes?. What magic is this? The timbre of her voice reached deep and opened our hearts...young, old, male, female...that is some amazing power!

[limeykl]

I honestly love this version of the song…an older woman looking back over her life….beautiful

[FrankEpisale]

Her phrasing is just extraordinary. I'm so glad she has found her voice again.

[EthanS]

I haven’t had a YouTube video do this to me in a long time… completely choked on the first note that comes out of her..

[ChorusAndTheRing]

Joni laughing at the end is priceless. She's unique. As Brandi said "we should all rejoice in the fact that, from all the times we could have lived through, we lived in the time of Joni Mitchell "

[peskyfervid]

A beautiful song when it was written by Mitchell when she was 23 years old, becomes a poignant reminder of life lived when sung by Joni at age 78. A song whose beauty waited for 55 years before it blossomed into the memoir of a lifetime. Thank you Joni, for what you have given to the world.

[rorydonohue]

Can we all take a moment to give the cello player some kudos

[voxveritas]

She wrote this great song in 1967 when she was 24, and today she is 80. Wow!🌻

[soulbarn]

To everyone saying that she’s lost it, she shouldn’t be there: how much guts does it take for a 79-year-old Joni Mitchell to get up on stage, knowing that she’ll be compared to her 25-year-old self? That’s what performing is about: showing up and making it work with everything you’ve got.

Who cares if her voice isn’t perfect? Her heart is.

[acousticshadow]

The Queen of Folk is holding court, and making every jester cry.

[zzzzzach]

It's always been a great song but it was as if it was meant to be sung on this day in this place. As if as a young woman she wrote this song for her older self to sing. Amazing, and her joyful laughter at the end was precious.

[timbolester]

I’m a grown man but cry like a baby every time I see this.

[Lauras.boutique]

Wtf do people mean she lost it?! I'm here sobbing by the beauty and heartbreak. This is one of the more stunning performances I've seen. This is what art IS. Her heart touched mine through countries, cultures and generations. Idk what people mean anymore.