Famed Canadian musician Joni Mitchell held a show this week in the United States, almost 20 years after her last live concert. The 78-year-old artist sang and played guitar Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival in the American state of Rhode Island. Seated much of the time, Mitchell performed with a crowd of other well-known musicians, including American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. It was Mitchell's first appearance at the Newport festival since 1969. The highly-awarded singer-songwriter has struggled with health problems since suffering from an aneurysm in 2015. The condition caused bleeding in her brain. Mitchell temporarily lost her ability to speak, walk and play guitar. Her last full show was in late 2002, but she has appeared at special events since then. Her 75th birthday was the center of a celebration in Los Angeles. She was an honoree at the 44th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievement in December last year. Speaking before the Honors ceremony, Brandi Carlile said of Mitchell, “She changed my life… She invented the confessional singer songwriter. She invented a job for me.” This was, Carlile explained, similar to the "Joni Jam" musical gatherings that have brought famous friends like Elton John to Mitchell's Los Angeles home in recent years. And Mitchell did not just sing. Halfway through the performance, she played an electric guitar. It was her first time playing guitar in public since her aneurysm, Carlile said. In an interview with CBS News, Mitchell said she had re-learned how to play guitar by watching videos online.
Title: Joni Mitchell, at 78, Plays and Sings Again to Joyful Fans
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<span data-start-time='25104' data-end-time='37458'>Seated much of the time, Mitchell performed with a crowd of other well-known musicians, including American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. </span> <span data-start-time='37458' data-end-time='44563'>It was Mitchell's first appearance at the Newport festival since 1969.</span> <span data-start-time='44563' data-end-time='54729'>The highly-awarded singer-songwriter has struggled with health problems since suffering from an aneurysm in 2015. </span> <span data-start-time='54729' data-end-time='58667'>The condition caused bleeding in her brain. </span> <span data-start-time='58667' data-end-time='65438'>Mitchell temporarily lost her ability to speak, walk and play guitar.</span> <span data-start-time='65438' data-end-time='74125'>Her last full show was in late 2002, but she has appeared at special events since then. </span> <span data-start-time='74125' data-end-time='79833'>Her 75th birthday was the center of a celebration in Los Angeles. </span> <span data-start-time='79833' data-end-time='89063'>She was an honoree at the 44th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievement in December last year.</span> <span data-start-time='89063' data-end-time='97146'>Speaking before the Honors ceremony, Brandi Carlile said of Mitchell, “She changed my life…</span> <span data-start-time='97146' data-end-time='101146'>She invented the confessional singer songwriter. </span> <span data-start-time='101146' data-end-time='104604'>She invented a job for me.”</span> <span data-start-time='104604' data-end-time='117792'>This was, Carlile explained, similar to the "Joni Jam" musical gatherings that have brought famous friends like Elton John to Mitchell's Los Angeles home in recent years.</span> <span data-start-time='117792' data-end-time='120208'>And Mitchell did not just sing. </span> <span data-start-time='120208' data-end-time='125229'>Halfway through the performance, she played an electric guitar. </span> <span data-start-time='125229' data-end-time='131583'>It was her first time playing guitar in public since her aneurysm, Carlile said. </span> <span data-start-time='131583' data-end-time='140833'>In an interview with CBS News, Mitchell said she had re-learned how to play guitar by watching videos online.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5616/B3.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' 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