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Joan Chandos Baez ( /ˈbaɪ.ɛz/) (born January 9, 1941 as Joan Chandos Báez) is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice.
Baez has a distinctive vocal style, with a strong vibrato. Her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues.
Baez began her career performing in coffeehouses in Boston and Cambridge, and rose to fame as an unbilled performer at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. She began her recording career in 1960, and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, and Joan Baez in Concert all achieved gold record status, and stayed on the charts for two years.
Baez has had a popular hit song with "Diamonds & Rust" and hit covers of Phil Ochs's "There but for Fortune" and The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Other songs associated with Baez include "Farewell, Angelina", "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word", "Joe Hill", "Sweet Sir Galahad" and "We Shall Overcome". She performed three of the songs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, helped to bring the songs of Bob Dylan to national prominence, and has displayed a lifelong commitment to political and social activism in the fields of nonviolence, civil rights, human rights and the environment.
JOAN BAEZ (full concert,1965)
Joan Baez - let it be (live in France, 1973)
Joan Baez, Diamonds and Rust - Live, 1975
Concert live de Joan Baez à Paris en 1983
Joan Baez - 1965 - part1
Joan Baez - It Ain't Me Babe (Live Stockholm '66)
Live Aid: Jack Nicholson & Joan Baez [1985]
Joan Baez - The Boxer - Live Paris 1983
Joan Baez - Blowin in the wind - Live Paris ,1983
Joan Baez - With God on Our Side (Live 1966)
Joan Baez - Billy Rose (live in France, 1973)
Joan baez - Farewell Angelina -
Joan Baez - The Partisan (live in France, 1973)
Joan Baez Live @ Woodstock 1969 Joe Hill.mpg