Take a trip to the Hollywood Bowl with Roberta and her sister Andrea and experience two once-in-a-lifetime shows with the legendary Joni Mitchell, alongside all-star guests like Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox, Marcus Mumford, Elton John, Meryl Streetp, and her Joni Jam band, performing deep cuts and classics like “Cherokee Louise,” “California,” “Sire of Sorrow,” “The Circle Game,” and “Come in from the Cold.” Please see the notes below for the full list of artists. 

(This is a companion to the documentary-length Episode 16 which features the June 2023 shows at the Gorge Amphitheatre, which is being rebroadcast with this episode.)

Things we talked about in this episode:
Joni Mitchell
Brandi Carlile
The Hollywood Bowl
Variety magazine review of the Hollywood Bowl shows
“Echoes through the Canyon” shows at the Gorge Amphitheatre, June 9-11, 2023 
The Artists:
Abe Rounds
Allison Russell
Annie Lennox
Ben Lusher
Blake Mills
Celisse Henderson
Elton John
Jon Batiste
Josh Neumann
Lucius
Marcus Mumford
Mark Isham
Meryl Streep
Phil Hanseroth
Rick Whitfield
Rita Wilson
Robin Pecknold
Sista Strings
Taylor Goldsmith
Taylor Mackall
Tim Hanseroth
Wendy & Lisa

Episode Credits: 

• Please be sure to listen to the companion documentary-length Episode 16, One Weekend Last Summer, with Roberta and Andrea’s trip to the Gorge Theatre in Seattle featuring Joni, Brandi, and many of the artists you just heard.
• Our thanks to Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlile, Marcus Mumford, Annie Lennox, Jon Batiste and the many artists who are featured in the  episode.
• A Bend in the Road is written, hosted, and produced by Roberta Panjwani and created by Roberta Panjwani and Diane Sims. 
• Our Assistant Producers for this episode are Melissa Egan and Elias Rosner. 
• Our Editors are Elias Rosner, Matt Giannotti and Roberta Panjwani.
• Our Technical Director and Audio Engineer for this episode are Matt Giannotti and Elias Rosner. 
• Original Music is written and performed by Diane Sims. 
• Our Digital Media Producer is Melissa Egan. 
• Logo and Website created by Parker Gaidimas.