Joni Mitchell is speaking, says rep

FOLK singer Joni Mitchell is speaking but is unable to walk after suffering a aneurysm earlier this year, says her conservator.

JONI Mitchell's friend and conservator says it was an aneurysm that sent the folk singer to the hospital in March.

CONSERVATOR Leslie Morris acknowledged the aneurysm in a statement posted on Mitchell's website on Sunday, providing the first significant details on Mitchell's health status in the months since an ambulance was sent to her Los Angeles house to take her to the hospital.