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In one graceful moment, Kelly Izzo Shapiro drifts away from Joni Mitchell s Little Green and, using the same guitar tuning, seamlessly slides into the opening notes of her own song, Don t Be Afraid. Joni was saying goodbye to her daughter, who she put up for adoption,” Shapiro says. “And it’s this sort of hopeful but sad message. So I have a song about saying goodbye to my daughter. And it’s a sort of hopeful but sad song as well.” The show is “You’ve Got a Friend: The Music of Carole King and James Taylor,” presented virtually starting Feb. 6 through the Louis S. Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester. The anchor of the show is King’s album, “Tapestry” 50 years old this month, a landmark of music history celebrated by three Rochester singer-songwriters in their 30s.