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    Miriam Makeba; gave voice to struggle against apartheid  Nov 11, 2008
    Ms. Makeba captivated audiences with a voice suited to the polyrhythmic chant-songs of African music, combining the clarity of a Joan Baez with the throaty authority of a Sarah Vaughan. Her US fame peaked with the 1967 release of the single "Pata Pata," an upbeat dance tune that remained her best-known number. (Boston Globe)

    Obama's music choices features pop culture, grass-roots action  Oct 29, 2008
    Similarly, the disciples of Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez aren't moved to action by the pleas of John Legend and Will. I.Am. (Daily Iowan, IA)

    A Compelling Look  Oct 23, 2008
    Joan Baez introduced a song to her then-husband, David Harris, a few months before he was set to go to federal prison for draft evasion. The song itself is left intact, but Baez's intro, in which she discusses why Harris is going to jail, is cut so badly, there's no vocal or visual continuity between frames. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Brother, can you spare a dime?  Oct 23, 2008
    Brother, can you spare a dime. UPDATED: :50 a.m. PDT, October 23, 2008. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)

    How "Kumbaya" Became an Insult  Oct 11, 2008
    It was recorded by Pete Seeger; the Folksmiths; the Weavers; the Seekers; Peter, Paul & Mary and Joan Baez during the 1950s and 1960s, becoming a staple of the protest rallies of the Civil Rights Movement. Oh, how things have changed. (Slate)

    Moore is slacking with new doc.  Oct 10, 2008
    Instead, there was performances by big-name acts like Joan Baez, Eddie Vedder and Tom Morello, causing the political aspect of the film to often be overshadowed. Granted, they were singing political songs for political reasons, but having liberal stars come out to support a message should not be enough to sway someone to vote Democrat. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)

    More of this story  Oct 10, 2008
    Three Dylan songs, including Masters of War appear on Yes We Can, which features performances from guests such as Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez and Odetta. To me, Bob Dylan is the best songwriter in the entire universe, she said. (Newport Daily News, RI)

    Kingston Trio member dies aged 75  Oct 4, 2008
    The Trio paved the way for artists such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. "Dad was so happy he turned people onto music in a way that people could really approach it, in a simple and honest way," Josh Reynolds told The Associated Press. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Kingston Trio's Reynolds dies  Oct 4, 2008
    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Nick Reynolds, a founding member of the Kingston Trio who jump-started the revival folk scene of the late 1950s and paved the way for artists such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, has died. He was 75. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Obituary: Nick Reynolds of Kingston Trio dies here  Oct 4, 2008
    The Coronado High School graduate burst onto the national music scene as one of the original trio members 50 years ago, part of a folk-music craze that opened the way for artists such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. The Kingston Trio, named by an agent who wanted to evoke the then-popular Calypso style of music, sold millions of records and reportedly accounted for 20 percent of Capitol Records' profits in 1960. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Nick Reynolds; cofounded Kingston Trio folk group; 75  Oct 3, 2008
    And it helped set the stage for such upcoming folk-rooted protest singers as Dylan, Joan Baez, and Peter, Paul & Mary ... If Bob Dylan or Joan Baez had come out at that time, they'd have been dead in the water. (Boston Globe)

    Self-discovery through song with Voice Weavers  Oct 3, 2008
    Enshrined in this woman of small stature and modest demeanor is a voice akin to folk legends Judy Collins or Joan Baez. It was this innate gift that led her on the circuitous route toward her work as a choir director. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)

    Moore puts latest movie on the Web for free  Sep 25, 2008
    With the help of student-friendly musicians R.E.M. (they don't perform in the film), Eddie Vedder, Steve Earle, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello and veteran protest singer Joan Baez (they do perform), as well as comedian Roseanne Barr and actor Viggo Mortensen. Moore comes across as a pugnacious crusader storming the barricades of youthful indifference and college complacency. (Toronto Star)

    Slacker Uprising  Sep 25, 2008
    With REM, Joan Baez, Steve Earle ... Various singers, ranging from Joan Baez to Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Steve Earle and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, sing songs and second the opinion. (Globe and Mail)

    Folk singer/songwriter Dar Williams returns affectionately to Iowa City  Sep 23, 2008
    Early on, when Williams was playing gigs in Massachusetts coffeehouses, Joan Baez became an influential fan, taking her out on the road and recording her songs. Page 1 of 2. (Daily Iowan, IA)

    Krauss and Plant win album of the year  Sep 19, 2008
    Joan Baez won the Spirit of Americana award for free speech in music. John Hiatt won the Lifetime Achievement award for songwriting. (WREG.com, TN)

    VH1 Classic Presents a New Slate of Fall 2008 Programming With Iconic Rock Documentaries, Music Countdowns and Rarely Seen Concert Footage  Sep 18, 2008
    In honor of this great release, VH1 Classic will air "Bob Dylan Unplugged" and the classic 1965 D.A. Penebaker documentary "Don't Look Back" featuring behind-the-scenes moments with Joan Baez, Donovan and Alan Price, and Dylan's iconic opening of "Subterranean Homesick Blues.". "VH1 Classic All Time Top 10" - Premieres Friday 10/10 at 10PM. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Confessional Folk Tale  Sep 14, 2008
    Even before she recorded the song she was singing in Greenwich Village clubs, and before she hit 17 she'd be hanging out with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Odetta, Joan Baez, Tim Hardin - a whole cast of '60s legends. When Ian reflects on it now, she says it all seemed completely normal. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Fall music: 12 candidates for swift career transition  Sep 12, 2008
    Joan Baez, Day After Tomorrow. Steve Earle produces the veteran folk singer. (USA Today -- Life)

    Today in Entertainment History  Sep 12, 2008
    Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Guthrie's son Arlo were among the performers. Also in 1970, "Josie and the Pussycats" debuted on CBS.. (WCAX.com, VT)

    Making each song her own  Sep 9, 2008
    A half century into her career, folk icon Joan Baez is making a return of sorts - not to vintage material, but to songs that evoke the spirit and message of her defining early work from the 1960s ... Still, it's the woman at the microphone who turns everything she touches into a Joan Baez song ... Joan Baez plays at the Berklee Performance Center Nov. 1-2. (Boston Globe)

    Book Review: 'A Freewheelin' Time'  Sep 9, 2008
    Book Review: 'A Freewheelin' Time' - International Herald Tribune. Book Review: 'A Freewheelin' Time. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    New releases  Sep 8, 2008
    Folk: Joan Baez/ Day After Tomorrow (Razor and Tie)Jazz: Natalie Cole/ Still Unforgettable (Rhino)Trip-Hop: Tricky/ Knowle West Boy (Domino)Country: Jessica Simpson/ Do You Know (Epic)Rap/ Hip-Hop: LL Cool J/ Exit 13 (Def Jam)Classical: Lang Lang/ Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 and 2 (Deutsche Grammophon)Heavy Metal: Iced Earth/ The Crucible of Man: Something Wicked, Part 2 (Steamhammer)Rock: Joan Osborne/ Little Wild One (Time Life). Video games - ActionLEGO BatmanMultiple Platform (Warner Home)If... (Boston Globe)

    Front Row: Pop Recordings  Sep 7, 2008
    Joan Baez, "Day After Tomorrow" (Bobolink/Razor & Tie). The 67-year-old folk matriarch continues to defy her age and era with a new album of songs written by Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and Steve Earle, who produced it. (Boston Globe)

    Country's 'Guitar Man' Reed dies  Sep 4, 2008
    Two further Grammys came for his collaborations with Chet Atkins - and the guitarist went on to play and tour with the likes of Joan Baez and Ringo Starr. Burt Reynolds presents his friend with a surprise guitar-shaped cake in 1980. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Releases on the Horizon for Sept. 4  Sep 4, 2008
    Joan Baez, "Day After Tomorrow". Dar Williams, "Promised Land". (Carroll County Times, MD)

    'Born To The Breed - A Tribute to Judy Collins, Vol. I' Due for Release October 14th on Wildflower Records  Sep 4, 2008
    Born To The Breed' features the original writing and poetry of Judy Collins recorded by luminary artists such as Chrissie Hynde, Joan Baez, Rufus Wainwright, Dolly Parton, Shawn Colvin, Leonard Cohen and more. The album launch will coincide with a benefit tribute concert headlined by Judy Collins that will be the centerpiece of Joe's Pub's 10th Anniversary celebration on October 10th at The Public Theater. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    I'm Your Biggest Fan  Aug 20, 2008
    As a child, I would stare at old photographs depicting rock and roll's greatest suns as they were young rising stars: Bob Dylan at the Gaslight, Joan Baez at Cambridge's Club Passim, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards swaggering at the Marquee Club. I would run my fingers over their bodies, their faces, and then those spectral figures at the coffeehouses, clubs and bars. (Ithaca Times, NY)

    AllShows.com Offers Premium VIP Party Ticket for Ridgefield Playhouse Concert Series  Aug 19, 2008
    Since the Ridgefield Playhouses opening, enthusiastic, sold-out audiences have enjoyed Peter Yarrow, Marcel Marceau, Barbara Cook, Moscow Boys Choir, Joan Baez, and The Bacon Brothers. Film-goers have seen a range of movies from Oscar-winners such as Traffic and Chocolat to family fare to our international film series. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    American Idol is all in the showmanship  Aug 11, 2008
    She was best known to the crowd as the barefoot hippie guitarist who channeled Joan Baez. Team Idol swooped down on Sunshine like a hawk on a mouse. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)

    Lewis: Learning about daughter's phobia  Aug 10, 2008
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    New on DVD: 'Counterfeiters' puts twist on prison-camp story  Aug 8, 2008
    Folkie/activist Seeger, now 89, has always gone his own way, and here are Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and more to offer praise. But the movie is honest enough to note that wife Toshi-Aline endured lots of family grunt work while Pete was out improving the world, which he did. (USA Today -- Life)

    DVD reviews: Nims Island, Lonesome Dove  Aug 8, 2008
    Pete Seeger: The Power of SongThe life, times and music of folk-protest patriarch Seeger are chronicled in this documentary that features interviews with the singer and admirers including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie and Peter, Paul and Mary. Director Jim Brown follows up on his earlier music documentary, The Weavers: Wasnt That a Time, which centered on a farewell performance by Seegers former singing group. (MSNBC -- Movies)

    Warner Home Video to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Woodstock Next Year with Major New DVD Release  Aug 7, 2008
    The restored and remastered release will include more than an hour of newly discovered Festival performances, some never-before-published in their entirety, from a number of artists, including The Who, Joe Cocker, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Country Joe McDonald and Country Joe and the Fish with more to be announced. The release will incorporate reflections and perspectives from musicians, celebrities, influencers and other giants in the entertainment industry on the cultural significance of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    leaves a legacy of unique brickwork  Aug 6, 2008
    Apparently, according to the crowd at Apple Jack s, Kay s talent as a brick worker was so well-known that folk singer Joan Baez swung by the bar one day in the 1960s with a pickup truck full of bricks and cases of Coors beer and recruited Kay to build her a fireplace. His old watering hole, his other living room, Apple Jack s bar, is located in La Honda, less than a mile down the road from Kay s old house. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)

    Famed Kennedy photographs on display in Ky.  Aug 6, 2008
    It also includes music from the 1960s, including Joan Baez singing "Blowing in the Wind" and Aretha Franklin's "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.". Buttons and other souvenirs of campaigns are shown along with memorabilia of the decade, including a 1969 Volkswagen Bug, G.I. Joe dolls and a fallout shelter, reminiscent of Cold War fears of nuclear war. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Newport Folk Festival is mixing it up  Aug 2, 2008
    GILLIAN WELCH She's been popping up announced and unannounced at the fest since 1997, playing with everyone from Joan Baez to recording partner David Rawlings. Sunday at 2:40 p.m., Fort Stage. (Boston Globe)

    Slain 1960s leaders remembered in Kentucky exhibit  Jul 26, 2008
    The exhibit also includes music from the 1960s, including Joan Baez singing "Blowing in the Wind" and Aretha Franklin's "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.". Buttons and other souvenirs of campaigns are shown along with memorabilia of the decade, including a 1969 Volkswagen Bug, G.I. Joe dolls and a fallout shelter, reminiscent of Cold War fears of nuclear war. (The Daily Reflector)

    Top 9 proved the music of 'Dead Musicians' very much alive  Jul 23, 2008
    "There's many things to say about that performance. The fact is to me you remind me of the 60s in so many ways, it's this Joan Baez kind of ethereal touch with what songs are really about and how to use your voice as the purest instrument to communicate the lyric of the song. As far as I'm concerned, it's the night that the Top 9 really turns the corner and shows people how damn good they are and the fact is that was phenomenal and you belong here for a long, long time," said Amberly. Jake was... (CTV.ca)

    Schlow Library to host trio of bands for 'Splatterfolk'  Jul 14, 2008
    With her folk-like acoustic music, she has a sound similar to Joan Baez, Rasmussen said. Her debut album, From a Window to a Wall, was released in June of this year. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    people: Leonard Cohen, Lara Logan, Madonna  Jul 13, 2008
    Joan Baez, k.d. lang and Sophie Hunger played an all-female night, while Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan and Angelique Kidjo will perform at a 75th birthday celebration for the music impresario Quincy Jones on July 14. Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, Paul Simon and Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles will also be playing at Montreux. (International Herald Tribune)

    Odes to Odetta  Jul 8, 2008
    Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan have cited Odetta as a major influence on their careers. An archival clip of the folksinger, songwriter, acoustic guitarist, hand clapper, and human rights activist was featured in Martin Scorsese's Dylan documentary, "No Direction Home." The direction to take today is to Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park where the legendary folk artist will open the summer performing arts series. (Boston Globe)

    It's a Real 'Kumbaya Moment' - and It's Not What You Think  Jul 7, 2008
    Kumbaya, a traditional African-American Gullah spiritual (the word means "come by here"), traveled to Angola and back to the USA again before it matured into a popular scouting/campfire standard, a 60s folk favorite recorded by Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul & Mary and several others, and eventually an anthem of the civil rights movement on par with We Shall Overcome. "It's a beautiful song about closeness and unity that deserves far more respect than it's received," says Sir Ivan, the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    True folk song inspiration  Jul 4, 2008
    "When I was coming up in the 60s that was such an inspiration to me because although I was called a folk singer, I wasnt one really, I was a songwriter. Yet I was around people like Joan Baez and others who would sing 400-year-old Welsh folk songs, and how inspiring to know that you could write a song that would last generations and generations and cross language barriers and be appreciated. "Its almost like an antique chair; everybody thinks its so wonderful they just take care of it for a... (TheChronicleHerald.ca)

    At WCRB, it's a grand old tradition  Jul 3, 2008
    9) will celebrate the Fourth with "Live Across America." Tomorrow's 6 a.m-9 p.m. programming features prerecorded, hourlong concert sets from such artists as Joe Ely (6 a.m.), Joan Baez (8 a.m.), Bob Dylan (noon), and Johnny Cash (4 p.m.). The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has announced it will be funding three winners of the Public Radio Talent Quest competition: Al Letson, Majora Carter, and Glynn Washington. (Boston Globe)

    Kate Clanchy's workshop  Jul 1, 2008
    I prefer the original Cohen version on Songs of Love and Hate, but I know those who like the Joan Baez version. They point out that Joan can actually sing: I say that's the whole problem. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)

    Verve take swipe at festival boss  Jun 30, 2008
    Page last updated at 01:23 GMT, Monday, 30 June 2008 02:23 UK. By Ian Youngs BBC News music reporter, at Glastonbury. (BBC News)

    Starry London Night Fetes Mandela  Jun 29, 2008
    Mandela, who will turn 90 on July 18, was honored with a celebration that included Leona Lewis and Josh Groban, as well as longtime legends Annie Lenox, Joan Baez and Queen. The event was sponsored by the 46664 charity, an HIV/AIDS awareness organization launched five years ago by Mandela, whose son died of AIDS in 2005. (ABC News)

    Reporter's log  Jun 28, 2008
    1830 - Live show starts with a performance by Jivan Gasparyan 1833 - Will Smith introduces Razorlight 1847 - Into the Hoods 1853 - Sipho 1858 - Quincy Jones introduces Leona Lewis 1910 - Zucchero and Jivan 1917 - Susannah Owiyo and D'Gary 1920 - Lewis Hamilton introduces Sugababes 1934 - Will Smith performs 1937 - Annie Lennox speech then performance with Agape Choir 1949 - Emmanuel Jal 1955 - Jamelia performance 2005 - Vusi Mahlasela 2010 - Geri Halliwell introduces Johnny Clegg and Joan Baez... (BBC News -- UK)

    SHE DID IT! Glowing Amy Winehouse takes to the stage...  Jun 28, 2008
    Wowing the crowd: Presenter Geri Halliwell introduced Joan Baez, while Eddy Grant performed some of his songs. Duet: Newlywed Jamelia, who returned from her honeymoon on Thursday, performs with South African singer Loyiso. (The Drudge Report)

    Fourth of July in Maine  Jun 28, 2008
    And now the frosted summer night-dew brightens, the north wind rushes through your ailing cedars, finds the gaps; thumbtacks rattle from the white maps, food's lost sight of, dinner waits, in the cold oven, icy plates repeating and repeating, one Joan Baez on the gramophone. And here in your converted barn, we burn our hands a moment, borne by energies that never tire of piling fuel on the fire; monologue that will not hear, logic turning its deaf ear, wild spirits and old sores in league with... (The Atlantic Online)

    Frail Mandela marks 90th birthday  Jun 28, 2008
    Other performers included Simple Minds, Josh Groban, Joan Baez, Leona Lewis, the Sugababes, Eddy Grant, Jamelia, the Sudanese "war child" rapper Emmanuel Jal and a host of other African artists. Today's concert, which was broadcast around the world, came 20 years after a concert at London's Wembley Stadium that helped press South Africa's apartheid authorities for Mandela's freedom. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Josh Groban To Honor Nelson Mandela  Jun 27, 2008
    The 27-year-old singer will join legendary folk-rock singer Joan Baez and Jerry Dammers (an Artists Against Apartheid organizer) whose song "Free Nelson Mandela" ignited the 80's anti-apartheid movement in the U.K., Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, U2, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Annie Lennox, Simple Minds, Sir Paul McCartney, The Spice Girls, Sugababes, Dame Shirley Bassey, Keane and Razorlight. The impressive lineup will also include an array of Africa's most praised artists, including Johnny Clegg,... (CBS News)

    Glastonbury: The best party on the planet  Jun 26, 2008
    For a festival which prizes and promotes new music, Sunday's line-up is dominated by old-timers and comeback kings, with The Verve's headlining reunion show supported by sets from septuagenarian Leonard Cohen, 68-year-old "King of Rock Solomon Burke and 67-year-young Joan Baez. Not that the day is exactly starved of either mainstream names or new young talent, with Groove Armada, Goldfrapp, Mark Ronson and The Zutons sure to draw substantial followings, while more exploratory ears will be turned... (Independent)

    Stars prep for Madiba bash  Jun 26, 2008
    Other performers on the concert bill include Amy Winehouse, Simple Minds, Josh Groban, Joan Baez, Leona Lewis, the Sugababes, Andrea and Sharon Corr, Eddy Grant, Jamelia, Zucchero, South African artists and the Sudanese "war child" rapper Emmanuel Jal. "When one retires, it means that you have time for birthdays," Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mandela said. (iAfrica.com)

    Peace activist Baez has no regrets  Jun 23, 2008
    American folk singer and pacifist Joan Baez, 67, can't seem to keep quiet. For decades she has stood up against violence and for peaceful coexistence all over the world, and now for the first time is backing a political candidate, Bara 00004000 ck Obama. (The Age)

    Emmylou Harris Explains What She 'Intended'  Jun 17, 2008
    "He was always playing Loretta Lynn and George Jones and Buck Owens, and I was into folk music - Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Ian and Sylvia.". Today, Harris, who lives on a spread in Nashville with her widowed mother ("She's my best friend"), has eclectic tastes in music. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Newport Folk Festival expands well beyond folk  Jun 13, 2008
    Since 1959, the festival has hosted a who's who of folk performers and singer-songwriters, from Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary to James Taylor, the Indigo Girls and Mary Chapin Carpenter ... "It's not a scholarly academic festival. It's not like a university-funded and organized anthropological festival of folk music in the purist sense. It never has been," said Hajdu, author of "Positively Fourth Street: The Lives and Times of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard... (MSNBC -- Music)

    Rock's pro-war tours  Jun 12, 2008
    The anti-war movement in the 60s had Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and John Lennon. This time round it's the goddamn Dixie Chicks, who've. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Helena's lens caps career  Jun 1, 2008
    George says he enjoyed meeting folk singer Joan Baez too, but it was Bishop Desmond Tutu who touched his heart. I got the greatest photo of him before he went into the Montana Club, shaking hands with a little boy, George said. (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Back to basics v gimmicks  May 31, 2008
    "I wanted to do it the way festivals used to be," he says, "to get away from modern life, be in a field and not have to look at advertising hoardings. I just don't see what mobile phones have to do with music." Taffe was also inspired by footage from the Newport Folk Festival, showing "Bob Dylan and Joan Baez and everyone playing together, that laid-back feel, where anyone can pick up a guitar." Now in its third year, End of the Road has earned an impressive reputation with festival-goers and... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    'I don't make things easy'  May 30, 2008
    Bruce Springsteen has her on his iPod, Joan Baez invited her on tour, and she has collaborated with members of the Zutons and the Waterboys as well as Martha Wainwright. She has been described as "the best singer/songwriter of the last 10 years", is not yet 29 and has just released her seventh album of self-penned songs (having written her first when she was 16). (Guardian Unlimited)

    Taking In the Groovy New Woodstock Museum  May 30, 2008
    So if you visit the museum, which I recommend, here's what I would do: play with the interactive screens, admire the replica hippie bus, watch the film clips of Jimi Hendrix and Joan Baez and the Who. Then go outside, head over to the slope and lie facedown in the grass--preferably in the rain. (Time.com)

    * Finding her voice again  May 26, 2008
    An avid record collector, her main inspiration came from Joan Baez. Hearing her, I decided that when you sing, its got to be like that. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Shakey meets Jay-Z at Glastonbury  May 2, 2008
    Joan Baez will headline the Acoustic Stage on the Sunday. There are the legendary fogeys to cater for the ageing hippies - Leonard Cohen on the main stage and Joan Baez, Solomon Burke, Jimmy Cliff and Neville Staple off the beaten track. (BBC News)

    * Blast from the past  May 2, 2008
    McLeans music X along with American Folk Music revival legends such as Jim Croce, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez X was associated with open-air concerts and spontaneous jams on college campuses. PHOTO: COURTESY OF JUEDING INTEGRATED MARKETING AND EMI. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Girls Like Us author talks about Joni, Carly and Carole  Apr 23, 2008
    (Say, Laura Nyro, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez or anyone else ... Joan Baez, too old a major older sister, as it were. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    Not so funny business  Apr 18, 2008
    Hajdu (HAY-doo) made the accidental discovery while researching his 2001 book, "Positively 4th Street," about the lives and cultural influence of four seminal folk singers from the 1950s and '60s: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Richard and Mimi Farina. Everything Hajdu read about the era traced the postwar sensibility to rock 'n' roll. (Syracuse.com)

    Grandmother sees hope in Obama's candidacy  Apr 18, 2008
    "Music was important to us. It united us in many ways," said Mrs. Akins, who still has vinyl albums by Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and other troubadours in her record collection. While the message has been adapted to the campaign slogan of "Change We Can Believe In," Mrs. Akins wishes more baby boomers would show some of the old activism. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    New folks at Newportrock festival's traditions  Apr 17, 2008
    "I don't like the idea that it's just dissipating into another festival like so many others," says Joan Baez, who launched her career at the 1959 festival. "It seems that it's all about money and not much about holding onto something that's been pretty precious for a lot of years.". (Boston Globe)

    The long march  Apr 15, 2008
    It reminded me of the folk singers, when they'd call us to the folk festivals, and there'd be Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Richie Havens. And after we sang the festivals, they'd take their acoustic guitars and go to one of these big houses and just sit on the floor and just everybody sing together. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Bluesman on a unicycle  Apr 14, 2008
    Though he was born in Chicago, Taylor's family relocated to Denver, where he discovered the Folklore Center, an instrument store run by Harry Tuft, a veteran of the New York folk scene who promoted Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Taylor remains devoted to his mentor: his track Harry Turn the Music Up recalls the days when Taylor would go round to the store on his unicycle after school, and sit on the bench where blues legends such as Son House, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt all played. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Dear Bob, if not for you...  Apr 12, 2008
    There is an illuminating scene in Don't Look Back: Dylan is in a hotel room in England during his earthquake-rending British tour, Joan Baez is strumming a guitar. Dylan is at a table writing a song, on a typewriter. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Joan Baez leaves 'em wanting more  Apr 9, 2008
    Joan Baez has aged well ... But there are not many Joan Baezes in the world to see, and I expected a bigger crowd. (Florida Times-Union)

    Revisiting musical greats on film  Apr 6, 2008
    That movie included not just Dylan but Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, and Donovan. Lerner's Dylan material was used in the Scorsese film, and that may be what gave him the extra push (and cash) to re-edit the raw concert footage from the 1960s into yet another focused piece on Dylan's time of transformation from folk musician to rock musician. (Boston Globe)

    Martin Scorsese knows his way around a doc  Apr 3, 2008
    Joan Baez, doing the best Dylan imitation ever, quotes him, shrugging, I dont know where the f--- it comes from. . (MSNBC -- News)

    Laura Bush High School Reunion  Apr 3, 2008
    Lauras tastes ranged from Elvis and the Beatles to the Neville Brothers, Ray Charles, Joan Baez, the Crickets, Little Richard, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, the Big Bopper, Lenny Welch, and Little Willie John. She especially liked Buddy Holly, who was from Lubbock, Texas, and Roy Orbison, who was from Odessa. (Newsmax)

    Back where she first started, Baez shows no sign of slowing  Mar 30, 2008
    CAMBRIDGE - Joan Baez was doing what she always does at a concert, something as inane as tuning her guitar as the audience piped down. Except last night it felt particularly poignant, even nostalgic. (Boston Globe)

    Roger McGuinn  Mar 27, 2008
    In addition to a monthly song available for free on his Web site (), McGuinn has released two folk compilations: 2002's Grammy-nominated "Treasures From the Folk Den," with the likes of Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Odetta, and 2006's "The Folk Den Project.". Roger McGuinn. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    They Might Be Giants, or they might not (we wouldn't know)  Mar 27, 2008
    JF: My mom avidly listens to a bunch of quite specific music that is very non-rock and very non-kid: Noel Coward, Joan Baez, Louie Armstrong, Lotte Lenya (which was very mysterious to me as a kid). West Side Story and Cabaret were routinely played at top volume to inspire housecleaning. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    The top five music movies  Mar 26, 2008
    But the directors' approach -- to kick back and let Bob do the talking -- is wonderfully revealing, as is the music, which opens with the Ginsberg-featuring video of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and includes a beautiful impromptu rendition of "Lost Highway" with Joan Baez. 2. (CNN -- Showbiz)

    Why comic books scared us so  Mar 25, 2008
    Music man: David Hajdu has written biographies of music greats Billy Strayhorn, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez. Michelle Heimerman/AP. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)

    Giant Memories  Mar 23, 2008
    JOAN BAEZ "Joan was the wittiest and most beguiling for someone 18 or so. We were so charmed by her wit and voice. She and I met when we were freshladies at BU. I loved her immediately and admired her constant courage.". BOB DYLAN "To us in the very early 1960s, Bob Dylan was known as a budding performer, poet, and storyteller and became part of our family in Cambridge. Bob stayed in our house with my husband, a graduate student in neuropharmacology by day and a bluegrass musician by night. We... (Boston Globe)

    Peace at Last?  Mar 23, 2008
    This week, Joan Baez returns to Cambridge to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Club Passim, where it all began for her ... Left: Joan Baez, in her Woodside, California home, is quite comfortable with her more relaxed pace, which includes fewer protests and more family time ... The view out of the living room window at Joan Baez's house is a Northern California dreamscape: nothing eye-popping or panoramic. (Boston Globe)

    Where Folk History Lives  Mar 23, 2008
    "Phil Ochs, Mississippi John Hurt. The legend of Joan Baez was one of the big reasons I moved there. It seemed like a place [where] people got started." ... "And we all came out budding folkies." Siggins, who dropped out of BU following freshman year with her best friend, Joan Baez, waitressed at the club during the week, cooked on Sundays, and ran the art gallery in the afternoons ... The university routinely offers the free use of Sanders Theatre for high-profile Passim concerts, including the... (Boston Globe)

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