Joan Baez

Born: Jan 9, 1941 in Staten Island, NY

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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

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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

More Joan Baez albums: Main Albums (45), Compilations (59), Singles & EPs (1), DVD/Video (2)

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