A place where we would have liked to be: the backstage of the Joni Jam at the Hollywood Bowl where over the weekend Joni Mitchell held two concerts directed as always by Brandi Carlile, who has now become her most faithful collaborator and also a bit of a motivator, having helped her with jams at his house recovering from illness and returning to the stage in Newport.
At this link you will find the review of the first of his evenings, non-traditional concerts full of guests. Tonight, Carlile posted a backstage video of herself, Mitchell, Elton, Chappell Roan, Lucy Dacus, Allison Russell, Blake Mills and Tim Hanseroth playing and singing I'm Still Standing by John, revisited for some time and entered into the singer-songwriter's repertoire.
It's one of those things that lifts the mood:
Carlile also published a photo from backstage with what he jokingly calls the “gay mafia”:
