A Look Inside the Brandi Carlile-Hosted Joni Jam Concert
Brandi Carlile assembled her “Joni Jammers” team to help put on a legendary three-hour concert alongside Joni Mitchell at The Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Washington. Mitchell returned as the main headliner for the first time in over two decades.
Carlile enlisted the likes of Annie Lennox, Blake Mills, Lucius, Sarah McLachlan, Marcus Mumford, Celisse, Allison Russell, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, and others to celebrate Mitchell’s triumphant return to music.
Mitchell surprised audiences last year when appearing at the Newport Folk Festival. Carlile expressed, “She showed the whole world that there’s still so much goodness in us as a species. She did the revolutionary work of true reconciliation.”
Many gathered at the canyon on Saturday, June 10 for the twenty-four-song set. The setlist contained several iconic tracks in Mitchell’s discography, including “Big Yellow Taxi,” “A Case of You,” “Blue,” and “Both Sides Now.” Below is the full-song concert setlist:
- “Big Yellow Taxi” (preceded by Joni Jam participant intros)
- “Night Ride Home”
- “Raised on Robbery” (with Celisse)
- “Come in From the Cold” (with Taylor Goldsmith)
- “Amelia” (with Blake Mills)
- “Carey”
- “S*x K*lls” (with Celisse)
- “Summertime” (George Gershwin cover)
- “Ladies of the Canyon” (with Annie Lennox)
- “Help Me” (with Celisse)
- “Where There’s A Will There’s A Way”
- “Love Potion No. 9” (The Clovers cover)
- “A Case of You” (with Marcus Mumford and Brandi Carlile)
- “A Strange Boy” (with Wendy and Lisa)
- “Cactus Tree” (with Lucius)
- “California” (with Marcus Mumford)
- “Blue” (with Sarah McLachlan)
- “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers cover)
- “Shine” (with Brandi Carlile)
- “Both Sides Now”
- “The Circle Game”
- “Just Like This Train”
- “If”
- “Young at Heart” (with Allison Russell)
Carlile took to Instagram to thank the fans and Joni Jammers for a memorable night. She writes, “Joni, I am so proud of you. Your strength, resilience, talent, and tenacity are an inspiration to us all. You raised the bar, my friend. You let your light shine and over 20,000 people shined their lights back on you like a fallen constellation. Your voice is still echoing through the canyon. ‘Love Wins,’ said Joni Mitchell, the champion of the world.”
Congratulations to Mitchell on an incredible return to the stage. Fans can stream any of Mitchell’s discography on all major music platforms.
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