Joni Mitchell will be celebrating her 75th birthday in a big way with a two-night event at The Music Center in Los Angeles.
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“JONI 75: A Birthday Celebration Live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion” will feature two star-studded concerts on Nov. 6 and 7, honouring the Canadian music legend with performances by Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Seal, Glen Hansard, Chaka Khan, Kris Kristofferson, Graham Nash, Los Lobos, and Rufus Wainwright.
The artists will perform songs from Mitchell’s incredible career and 19 albums.
Mitchell will also be presented with The Music Center’s Excellence in the Performing Arts Award, which was first awarded in 2016 to singer and actress Rita Moreno.
“Joni Mitchell’s songs create sublime paintings of the landscape of human emotions and the mind,” said the Music Center’s artistic advisor Jorn Weisbrodt. “Her view is that of the bird and of the surgeon. There is an unprecedented marriage of intimacy and universality that permeates all of her work. Her art compares to no other but relates to all of us.”
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Seal added, “Joni is the reason I became a musician, so the opportunity to take part in this means everything to me.”
