Joan Baez

Joan Baez
Born: Jan 9, 1941 in Staten Island, NY
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Genre: Country, Folk
Styles: Political Folk, Traditional Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Revival, Contemporary Folk, Folk-Rock
Biography: The most accomplished interpretive folksinger of the 1960s, Joan Baez has influenced nearly every aspect of popular music in a career still going strong. Baez is possessed of a once-in-a-lifetime soprano, which, since the late '50s, she has put in the service of folk and pop music as well as a variety ...Read full biography
Diamonds & Rust
Released: 1975
Label: A&M
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With the Vietnam War winding down, Joan Baez, who had devoted one side of her last album to her trip to Hanoi, delivered the kind of commercial album A&M Records must have wanted when it signed her three ...Read full review
Joan Baez
Released: 1960
Label: Vanguard
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At the time of its release, Joan Baez's debut album was something of a revelation. The folk music revival was beginning to gather steam, stoked on the popular side by artists such as the Kingston Trio ...Read full review
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