Joni Mitchell hadn’t played a full concert for a live audience — an audience that knew she was coming, that is — for more than 20 years. Modeled by organizer Brandi Carlile after the so-called Joni Jams the singer has held in recent years at her Bel-Air home, the instant-classic Newport gig had Mitchell and Carlile seated in glittering armchairs …
Of Joni Mitchell’s set at July’s Newport Folk Festival, Brandi Carlile says, “We had no idea it was going to happen until it did.” A few hours before we meet at her hotel in Nashville, Brandi Carlile — six-time Grammy winner and bestselling author — was onstage at City Winery doing what any up-and-coming artist in town might do: participating …
This past weekend, there were two pop culture events that began a conversation about celebrity and aging, the star image and legacy: the recent release of "The Last Movie Stars," the documentary series about Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and Joni Mitchell's historic performance at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday, July 24. "The Last Movie Stars" is an intimate …
On the Shelf Songs in Ursa Major By Emma Brodie Knopf: 336 pages, $27 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Emma Brodie toes this line with zest and balance in her debut novel, “Songs in Ursa Major.” The book is very much based on the …
