Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941) · United States · Musicians
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Something wrong?She made protest beautiful - a voice so pure it turned folk songs into anthems and launched careers that weren't her own. For sixty years, Joan Baez has been the sound of resistance without ever needing to shout.
A life in dates
Whistle Down the WindAlbum2017Rock and Roll Hall of FameAward2015Ambassador of Conscience AwardAward2009“(about Woodstock) I think it was fantastic. I think the only way its been overdone was thinking it changed the world, politically and as far as the war went.”In their wordsInterview (2009)2008"Spirit of Americana" Free Speech AwardAward2007Grammy Lifetime Achievement AwardAward2003Dark Chords on a Big GuitarAlbum1997
Gone From DangerAlbum1989Speaking of DreamsAlbum1987RecentlyAlbum1977
Blowin' AwayAlbum1975Thomas Merton AwardAward
Diamonds & RustAlbum, 19751974
Gracias a la vidaAlbum1973“If we survive this century it will only be because you and I refuse to become Nazis.”In their words16 January 1973Joan Baez, SF Chronicle, 16 January 1973, reprinted as the epigraph of the book Bohemia: the protoculture then and now by Richard Miller1972“Some Vietnam veterans have told me what they did over there when they were animals. They have been giving testimony about it to the public, to juries, to judges.”In their wordsText notes on Come From The Shadows (1972)
Come From the ShadowsAlbum, 19721970
One Day at a TimeAlbum1969
David's AlbumAlbum1968“You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.”In their wordsDaybreak (1968)1967“I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.”In their words3 December 1967Pop Chronicles, Show 19 - Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music, interview recorded December 3, 1967
JoanAlbum, 19671966
NoëlAlbum1964
Joan Baez in San FranciscoAlbum1941Born9 January 1941Also in Deutsch
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In their own words 10
, I just sing when I feel like singing, feels sort of like exploding.
I’ve never taken much time to do nothing, which I think is pretty important, especially at my age, and sort of contemplating what is coming.
The only thing you can do about memory is just be very humble about it because it may not have much to do with reality.
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SpotifyAlbums 24
WWWhistle Down the Wind
DTDay After Tomorrow
GDGone From Danger
PBPlay Me Backwards
HLHonest Lullaby
BABlowin' Away
GWGulf Winds
DRDiamonds & Rust
GVGracias a la vida
WSWhere Are You Now, My Son?
CSCome From the Shadows
BABlessed Are…
OTOne Day at a Time
DADavid's Album
BTBaptism: A Journey Through Our Time
ANAny Day Now
JOJoan
NONoël
FAFarewell, Angelina
JBJoan Baez/5JFJoan Baez in San FranciscoAwards
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Born January 9, 1941, Baez hit immediately in 1960: her first three albums went gold before she'd written much herself. She became known as an interpreter, covering everyone from Woody Guthrie to the Beatles, but her early championing of Bob Dylan - recording his songs when he was still unknown - made his name as much as hers. Their relationship, messy and public, later fed songs by both. She sang fourteen sets at Woodstock in 1969, wrote "Diamonds & Rust," and spent six decades in civil rights and nonviolence work. Her music drifted from folk into rock, pop, gospel, and country, but the through-line stayed: she showed up, she sang what mattered, and the purity never cracked. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted her in 2017.
In common with Joan
Joni MitchellAlso in Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
Allen GinsbergAlso in Renaldo and Clara (1978)
Michael J. FoxAlso in The Return of Bruno (1987)
Barry GibbAlso in The Return of Bruno (1987)
Sharon StoneAlso in Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
Mick RonsonAlso in Renaldo and Clara (1978)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.