Brandi Carlile, Lucius and Celisse Perform Shine
Clip: Season 2023 Episode 1 | 5m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Brandi Carlile, Lucius and Celisse perform "Shine" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize.
Brandi Carlile, Lucius and Celisse perform "Shine" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert honoring Joni Mitchell at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., March 1, 2023.
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Brandi Carlile, Lucius and Celisse Perform Shine
Clip: Season 2023 Episode 1 | 5m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Brandi Carlile, Lucius and Celisse perform "Shine" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert honoring Joni Mitchell at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., March 1, 2023.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(soulful piano music) (audience applauds) ♪ Hmm ♪ (soulful piano music) ♪ Oh, let your light shine ♪ ♪ Oh, let your little light shine ♪ ♪ Shine on Wall Street and Vegas ♪ ♪ Place your bets ♪ ♪ Shine on all the fishermen ♪ ♪ With nothing in their net ♪ ♪ Shine on rising oceans ♪ ♪ And evaporating streams ♪ ♪ Shine on our Frankenstein technology ♪ ♪ And you can shine on science, yeah ♪ ♪ With its tunnel vision, it's tunnel vision ♪ ♪ Shine on fertile farmlands ♪ ♪ Buried under subdivisions ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Let your light shine ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Let your little light shine ♪ ♪ Shine on the dazzling darkness ♪ ♪ It restores us in deep sleep ♪ ♪ Shine on what we throw away ♪ ♪ Shine on what we keep ♪ ♪ Shine on Reverend Pearson ♪ ♪ Who threw away the vain old God ♪ ♪ kept Dickens and Rembrandt and Beethoven ♪ ♪ And fresh plowed sod ♪ ♪ And shine on good earth, good air, good water ♪ ♪ And a safe place for kids to play ♪ ♪ Shine on bombs exploding ♪ ♪ A half a mile away, oh whoa ♪ ♪ Let your little light shine ♪ ♪ Oh, let your light shine ♪ ♪ Shine on worldwide traffic jams ♪ ♪ Honking day and night ♪ ♪ Shine on another (censored) ♪ ♪ Passing on the right ♪ ♪ Shine on the red light runners ♪ ♪ Busy talking on their cellphones ♪ ♪ Shine on the Catholic Church ♪ ♪ And all the prisons that it owns ♪ ♪ As a matter of fact you can shine on all the Churches ♪ ♪ They all love less and less ♪ ♪ But shine on a hopeful girl ♪ ♪ In a dreamy dress, oh whoa ♪ ♪ Let your light shine ♪ ♪ Let your light shine ♪ ♪ Oh whoa whoa ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Let your little light shine ♪ ♪ Let your light shine ♪ ♪ Oh whoa, let your little light shine ♪ ♪ Shine on good humor ♪ ♪ Shine on good will ♪ ♪ Shine on lousy leadership ♪ ♪ With a license to kill ♪ ♪ And you can shine on dying soldiers ♪ ♪ In patriotic pain ♪ ♪ Shine on mass destruction ♪ ♪ In some God's name ♪ ♪ Oh you can shine one the pioneers ♪ ♪ The seekers of mental health ♪ ♪ Craving simplicity ♪ ♪ They traveled inward right past themselves ♪ ♪ Right past themselves ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Let your little light shine ♪ ♪ Let your light shine ♪ ♪ Oh whoa, oh ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Let your little light shine ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Let your light shine ♪ ♪ Let their, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Let your light shine ♪ ♪ Let your light shine ♪ ♪ Woo-hoo ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Let your light shine ♪ (audience cheers and applauds)
An All-Star Ensemble Performs Big Yellow Taxi
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An all-star ensemble sings "Big Yellow Taxi" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Joni Mitchell. (3m 25s)
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Angélique Kidjo performs "Help Me" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Joni Mitchell. (3m 49s)
Annie Lennox Sings Both Sides Now
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Annie Lennox performs "Both Sides Now" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Joni Mitchell. (5m 3s)
Carla Hayden Presents The Gershwin Award to Joni Mitchell
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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden presents the Gershwin Prize to Joni Mitchell. (2m 56s)
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Cyndi Lauper performs "Blue" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Joni Mitchell. (3m 32s)
Diana Krall Performs For the Roses
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Diana Krall performs "For the Roses" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Joni Mitchell. (4m 17s)
Graham Nash Performs A Case of You
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Graham Nash performs "A Case of You" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize concert for Joni Mitchell. (5m 1s)
Herbie Hancock and Ledisi Perform River
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Ledisi and Herbie Hancock perform "River" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Joni Mitchell. (4m 50s)
James Taylor Performs California
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James Taylor performs "California" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Joni Mitchell. (4m 23s)
Joni Mitchell's Gershwin Prize Acceptance Speech
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Singer and songwriter Joni Mitchell accepts the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. (51s)
Joni Mitchell Sings Summertime
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Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoree Joni Mitchell performs "Summertime." (6m 57s)
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Marcus Mumford performs "Carey" at the 2023 Gershwin Prize concert honoring Joni Mitchell. (3m 32s)
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Major corporate funding for Elton John & Bernie Taupin: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is provided by Wells Fargo. Additional corporate funding is provided by the...