A report on Joan Baez
American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.
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Bob Dylan
22 linksAmerican singer-songwriter.
American singer-songwriter.
Many early songs reached the public through more palatable versions by other performers, such as Joan Baez, who became Dylan's advocate and lover.
Pete Seeger
17 linksAmerican folk singer and social activist.
American folk singer and social activist.
Seeger was one of the folk singers responsible for popularizing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" (also recorded by Joan Baez and many other singer-activists), which became the acknowledged anthem of the civil rights movement, soon after folk singer and activist Guy Carawan introduced it at the founding meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960.
Newport Folk Festival
10 linksAnnual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival.
Annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival.
Perhaps the most notable performance was the surprise debut of the eighteen year old Joan Baez, who was brought on as a guest of Bob Gibson.
Phil Ochs
13 linksAmerican songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer).
American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer).
Other performers at the 1963 folk festival included Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Tom Paxton.
Mimi Fariña
7 linksAmerican singer-songwriter and activist, the youngest of three daughters to a Scottish mother and Mexican-American physicist Albert Baez.
American singer-songwriter and activist, the youngest of three daughters to a Scottish mother and Mexican-American physicist Albert Baez.
She was the younger sister of the singer and activist Joan Baez.
Leonard Cohen
7 linksCanadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist.
Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist.
Singers such as Joan Baez have sung it during their tours.
Diamonds & Rust (song)
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"Diamonds & Rust" is a song written, composed, and performed by Joan Baez.
Odetta
5 linksAmerican singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement".
American singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement".
An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she influenced many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin.
Folk rock
4 linksHybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s.
Hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s.
The American folk-music revival began during the 1940s; building on the interest in protest folk singers such as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, it reached a peak in popularity in the mid-1960s with artists such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.
Vanguard Records
5 linksAmerican record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City.
American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City.
It continued to issue folk music with newly signed artists Joan Baez, Hedy West, the Rooftop Singers, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ian and Sylvia, and Mimi and Richard Fariña.