Singer Joni Mitchell hospitalized in Los Angeles

Joni Mitchell waves to the crowd during her 70th birthday tribute concert as part of the Luminato Festival at Massey Hall in Toronto on Tuesday June 18, 2013. Mitchell's website and Twitter account reported Tuesday night March 31, 2015 that she was in the hospital, but gave no details on her condition. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim) Joni Mitchell waves to the crowd during her 70th birthday tribute concert as part of the Luminato Festival at Massey Hall in Toronto on Tuesday June 18, 2013. Mitchell's website and Twitter account reported Tuesday night March 31, 2015 that she was in the hospital, but gave no details on her condition. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim)

By Associated Press April 1, 2015 2 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Joni Mitchell was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday, according to the Twitter account and website of the folk singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, but details on her condition have not been released.

“Joni has been hospitalized,” said a statement on the Mitchell website. “We are awaiting official word on her condition and will post it here as soon as we know.”

Los Angeles fire officials said paramedics answered an afternoon 911 call in Bel Air, where Mitchell lives, and took a patient to the hospital. But they could not verify her identity.

The 71-year-old singer-songwriter told Billboard magazine in December that she has a rare skin condition, Morgellons disease, which prevents her from performing. Still, she released a career-spanning four-disc box set last year and appeared at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy party in February.

Mitchell has received eight Grammy Awards, including a lifetime achievement award in 2002. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.