Singer Annie Lennox holds her Oscar for the song “Into the West,” from “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.” The song was written by the film’s co-producer/co-writer Fran Walsh, the film’s composer Howard Shore and singer Lennox. The original song winners, however, were all part of the onslaught from Middle-earth, as “Into the West,” from “The Lord …
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 …
