Joni Mitchell surprises Newport Folk Festival with her first performance in over 20 years
It was 1967 when Joni Mitchell, still a new face in the burgeoning Laurel Canyon folk scene, first stepped onstage at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. Last weekend, nearly 55 years after that moment cemented Mitchell as a star, the now-78-year-old icon blessed the crowd at this year’s event with a surprise…