Joan Baez

Known for ActingBorn 1941-01-09 (age 85)Staten Island, New York, USA

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice.] Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more than 30 albums. Baez is generally regarded as a folk singer, but her music has diversified since the counterculture era of the 1960s and encompasses genres such as folk rock, pop, country, and gospel music. She began her recording career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2 and Joan Baez in Concert, all achieved gold record status. Although a songwriter herself, Baez generally interprets others' work, having recorded many traditional songs and songs written by the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, the Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, and many others. She was one of the first major artists to record songs by Bob Dylan in the early 1960s; Baez was already an internationally celebrated artist and did much to popularize his early songwriting efforts. Her tumultuous relationship with Dylan later became the subject of songs by each of them and generated much public speculation. On her later albums she has found success interpreting the work of more recent songwriters, including Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant, and Joe Henry. Baez's songs include "Diamonds & Rust" and covers of Phil Ochs's "There but for Fortune" and the Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". She also recorded "Farewell, Angelina", "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word", "Forever Young", "Here's to You", "Joe Hill", "Sweet Sir Galahad" and "We Shall Overcome". Baez performed fourteen songs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and has displayed a lifelong commitment to political and social activism in the fields of nonviolence, civil rights, human rights, and the environment. Baez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7, 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Baez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

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Rockpalast

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Live Aid

Sing Sing Thanksgiving

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Ennio

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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

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The Midnight Special

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The Muppet Show

Live Aid

Sing Sing Thanksgiving

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Le Grand Échiquier

Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

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Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

Discorama

Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

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Sacco & Vanzetti

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Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

Woodstock

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Joan Baez: 75th Birthday Celebration

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

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Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

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Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

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