( CNN ) Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has been hospitalized in Southern California . Paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department were called to her home around 2:30 p.m. PT ( 5:30 p.m . ET ) Tuesday on the report of a medical emergency , spokesman Robert Hinojosa said . `` Joni was found unconscious in her home ( Tuesday ) afternoon . She regained consciousness on the ambulance ride to an L.A. area hospital , '' according to her official website . `` She is currently in intensive care undergoing tests and is awake and in good spirits . More updates to come as we hear them . Light a candle and sing a song , let 's all send good wishes her way . '' Some of Mitchell 's best-known songs are `` Big Yellow Taxi , '' `` Help Me '' and `` Free Man in Paris , '' but she has penned hits for other artists too . Crosby , Stills , Nash & Young scored with her anthem `` Woodstock , '' about the 1969 landmark music festival . Judy Collins registered a Top 10 hit in 1967 with Mitchell 's `` Both Sides Now . '' Mitchell , 71 , was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 .
Mitchell is best know for her hits `` Big Yellow Taxi '' and `` Free Man in Paris '' Paramedics came to her Los Angeles home on Tuesday 5:30 p.m .