Great Performances

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

The songs of legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell are among the most sublime musical landscapes of human emotion ever created. Mitchell's unique musical and lyrical gifts are an unprecedented marriage of intimacy and universality, creating a sound that is incomparable, yet relatable to all. She is a trailblazer, a wanderer and a searcher, who continuously explores new territory and invites the world to join her on her journey of discovery. On the occasion of Mitchell's 75th birthday on November 7, 2018, an all-star line-up of performers gathered at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles to celebrate her singular musical artistry, including Brandi Carlile, Glen Hansard, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Cesar Castro & Xochi Flores, Graham Nash, Seal, James Taylor and Rufus Wainwright, performing Joni Mitchell songs from throughout the varied stylistic periods of her groundbreaking career.