Singer Joni Mitchell, 71, Hospitalised

Big Yellow Taxi singer Joni Mitchell has been hospitalised in Los Angeles.

Ms Mitchell, 71, a key member of the Woodstock generation was reportedly unconscious at her Los Angeles home before becoming responsive while en route to the hospital.

She was taken to the hospital yesterday (March 31), reported TMZ.

Ms Mitchell, who has eight Grammys to her name, was in intensive care as of yesterday afternoon.

It is unclear how Ms Mitchell, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, became unconscious.