The singer Joni Mitchell was Tuesday at the intensive care unit of a hospital in the Los Angeles, according to the Twitter account and website of the artist folk, including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Roll.
“Joni was found unconscious in his home this afternoon” , said a statement on its website. “Right now he is in intensive care, passing tests and is awake and in good spirits”
It was not clear at first moment what ailed the artist.
A paramedic team responded afternoon to a 911 call in Bel Air, where Mitchell lives, and brought a patient to the hospital, officials said firefighters from Los Angeles, they could not verify the identity of the person or give details about his condition.
The singer-songwriter, 71, said in December the magazine Billboard has a problem of rare skin disease Morgellons, which prevents it from acting . Still, last year published a Quad Drive spanning his entire career and appeared in a party before the Grammy in February.
Mitchell has received eight Grammy Awards , including one his entire career in 2002. In 1997 he was introduced to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Roll .
Your musical style combines elements of folk and jazz
He began his playing in the street in his native Canada before moving to Southern California race, where he was part of the thriving scene folk to late 1960. His second album “Clouds” was his great leap to fame with songs like “Both Sides Now” and “Chelsea Morning” and earned her a Grammy for Best Performance folk .
Her 1970 album included “Ladies of the Canyon” included the hit “Big Yellow Taxi” and the iconic “Woodstock”. The following year he released “Blue”, which is ranked 30th in the list of the “500 Best Albums of All Time” magazine Rolling Stone.
Mitchell has published 19 original albums , the last in 2007 . The anthology published last year, “Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced”., Includes 53 remastered versions of his songs
His musical style combines elements of folk and jazz , and collaborated with jazz greats like Charles Mingus and Pat Metheny.
As he did with music, Mitchell taught himself to paint as a child and has produced hundreds works in ink, watercolors and acrylic.
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