{"id":574128,"date":"2026-03-30T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574128\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:11:12","slug":"watch-joni-mitchell-perform-with-sarah-mclachlan-at-juno-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574128\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Joni Mitchell Perform With Sarah McLachlan at Juno Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJoni Mitchell<\/a> was honored with the lifetime achievement award at the 2026 Juno Awards<\/a> last night. During the ceremony, held at the TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Mitchell made a rare public appearance to accept the award and to join Sarah McLachlan<\/a> and Allison Russell<\/a> as they performed a medley of her songs. <\/p>\n

\n\tMcLachlan opened the performance with Mitchell\u2019s 1971 song \u201cA Case of You. Russell joined for a duet of \u201cBoth Sides Now.\u201d The singers welcomed Mitchell to the stage for a rousing rendition of \u201cBig Yellow Taxi,\u201d which also included many of the other musicians present. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCanadian prime minister Mark Carney<\/a> was on hand to present Mitchell with her award. \u201cJoni\u2019s music didn\u2019t just provide the soundtrack to our lives,\u201d Carney noted. \u201cShe shifted culture, inspired generations and redefined what songwriting could be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring her acceptance speech, Mitchell reflected on Carney\u2019s leadership, telling the audience, \u201cI\u2019m living in the States, and you know what\u2019s happening there.\u201d She added of Carney, \u201cThis man is a blessing. You guys are so fortunate.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tShe also shared how much has shifted for her in her later years. \u201cI had a [brain] aneurysm, which changed my life \u2014 oddly, for the better,\u201d she said. \u201cI went into a coma, which helped me to quit smoking. And my house filled up with the most wonderful nurses. I was, on the road with men for years and years; now I live with a house full of women. So my life has changed for the better, out of a catastrophe, like a phoenix who grows a better life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Juno Awards are Canada\u2019s version of the Grammys. During the ceremony Tate McRae<\/a> won album of the year and pop album of the year for So Close to What\u00a0and single of the year for \u201cSports Car,\u201d as well as artist of the year. Cameron Whitcomb<\/a> won breakthrough artist or group of the year. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe awards show also saw Nelly Furtado<\/a> being inducted<\/a> into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame with pre-taped video tribute<\/a> by Drake<\/a>. \u201cBeing a woman in the music industry, in any era, is something that I have to tip my hat to,\u201d Drake said. \u201cThe men in this business do not make it any easier. I think what was most impressive to me is the respect that all men had when they spoke about you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joni Mitchell was honored with the lifetime achievement award at the 2026 Juno Awards last night. During the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[281843,64,63,281844,2905,134,2263,174746,31866,136,143823,106320,90150],"class_list":{"0":"post-574128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-allison-russell","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-cameron-whitcomb","12":"tag-drake","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-joni-mitchell","15":"tag-juno-awards","16":"tag-mark-carney","17":"tag-music","18":"tag-nelly-furtado","19":"tag-sarah-mclachlan","20":"tag-tate-mcrae"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}