Canadian singer songwriter Joni Mitchell hospitalized in Los Angeles

Written by JWWednesday, 01 April 2015 04:37

<div><strong>Joni Mitchell was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday, according to theTwitter account and website of the folk singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, but details onher condition have not been released.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>``Joni has been hospitalized,'' said a statement on the Mitchell website. ``We areawaiting official word on her condition and will post it here as soon as we know.''</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>Los Angeles fire officials said paramedicsanswered an afternoon 911 call in Bel Air, where Mitchell lives, and took a patient to thehospital. But they could not verify her identity.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>The 71-year-old singer-songwriter told Billboard magazine in December that shehas a rare skin condition, Morgellons disease, which prevents her from performing. Still, shereleased a career-spanning four-disc box set last year and appeared at Clive Davis' annualpre-Grammy party in February.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>Mitchell has received eight Grammy Awards, including a lifetime achievementaward in 2002. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>Mitchell, who was born in Fort Macleod, Alta., isalso a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall ofFame.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>She has a star onCanada's Walk of Fame in Toronto and a commemorative stamp, and is a companion of theOrder of Canada.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>Mitchellbegan her career as a street musician before moving to Southern California, where she becamepart of the flourishing folk scene in the late 1960s.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>Her second album, ``Clouds,'' was abreakthrough with such songs as ``Both Sides Now'' and ``Chelsea Morning,'' winning Mitchellthe Grammy for best folk performance. Her 1970 album, ``Ladies of the Canyon,'' featured thehit single ``Big Yellow Taxi'' and the era-defining ``Woodstock.'' The following year, shereleased ``Blue,'' which ranks 30th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the ``500 GreatestAlbums of All Time.''</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>Mitchellhas released 19 original albums, the most recent in 2007. The anthology released last year,``Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced,'' features remasteredversions of 53 of her songs.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>Her musical style integrates folk and jazz elements, and she counts jazz giantsCharles Mingus and Pat Metheny among her past collaborators.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>As with music, Mitchell taught herself paintingas a child and has produced hundreds of works in ink, watercolour and acrylic.</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div> <div><strong>� 2015 The Canadian Press</strong></div> <div><strong>�</strong></div>

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