Biography

The most accomplished interpretive folksinger of the 1960s, Joan 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 of political causes. Baez first gained recognition at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, then cut her debut album, Joan Baez (October 1960), for Vanguard Records. From 1962 to 1964, she was the popular face of folk music, headlining festivals and concert tours and singing at political events, including the August 1963 March on Washington. Her repertoire gradually moved from traditional material toward more socially conscious work. ~ William Ruhlmann

Top Tracks

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• (ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around

• A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall

• A Young Gypsy

• All My Trials

• Amazing Grace

• Amsterdam

• Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti, Pt. 1

• Banks Of The Ohio

• Be Not Too Hard

• Before The Deluge

• Best Of Friends

• Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair

• Blessed Are

• Blowin' In The Wind

• Brothers In Arms

• Careless Love

• Children And All That Jazz

• Christmas In Washington

• David's Song

• Day After Tomorrow

• Diamonds & Rust

• Diamonds And Rust

• Don't Think Twice It's Alright

• Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

• East Virginia

• El Salvador

• Eleanor Rigby

• Famous Blue Raincoat

• Farewell Angelina

• Farewell, Angelina

• Fishing

• Forever Young

• Fountain Of Sorrow

• Go 'way From My Window

• Guantanamera

• Gulf Winds

• Hello In There

• Help Me Make It Through The Night

• Hickory Wind

• Hopes Of Freedom

• House Carpenter

• House Of The Rising Sun

• Hush Little Baby

• I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger

• I Am A Wanderer

• I Dream Of Jeannie/danny Boy

• I Pity The Poor Immigrant

• I Shall Be Released

• I Still Miss Someone

• If I Knew

• In My Time Of Need

• In The Quiet Morning

• It Ain't Me Babe

• It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

• Jackaroe

• Joe Hill

• John Riley

• Johnny Cuckoo

• Kumbaya

• La Llorona (the Weeping Woman)

• Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream

• Let Your Love Flow

• Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts

• Little Darlin'

• Lonesome Valley

• Long Black Veil

• Love Is A Four-letter Word

• Love Is Just A Four-letter Word

• Love Song To A Stranger

• Love Song To A Stranger, Pt. 2

• Mary Call

• Mlk

• Motherland

• My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains

• No Expectations

• No Mermaid

• No Nos Moveran

• No Woman, No Cry

• O Brother!

• Oh, Happy Day

• One Day At A Time

• Outside The Nashville City Limits

• Pack Up Your Sorrows

• Pal Of Mine

• Please Come To Boston

• Poor Wayfaring Stranger

• Pretty Boy Floyd

• Queen Of Hearts

• Rambler Gambler/whispering Bells

• Recently

• Rider Pass By

• Ring Them Bells

• Rose Of Sharon

• Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands

• Silver Dagger

• Simple Twist Of Fate

• Sleeper

• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

• Tears Of Rage

• The Boxer

• The Brand New Tennessee Waltz

• The Dangling Conversation

• The House Carpenter

• The Lady Came From Baltimore

• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

• The Partisan

• The Trees They Do Grow High

• There But For Fortune

• Through Your Hands

• Wagoner's Lad

• We Shall Overcome

• Wildwood Flower

• Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Discography

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• Day After Tomorrow

  Bobolink/Razor & Tie

  2008

• Bowery Songs

  Koch Records

  2005

• Dark Chords on a Big Guitar

  Koch Records

  2003

• Gone from Danger

  Capitol

  1997

• Live at Newport

  Vanguard

  1996

• Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring

  Capitol

  1996

• Ring Them Bells

  Capitol

  1995

• Play Me Backwards

  Guardian/Angel / Capitol

  1992

• Speaking of Dreams

  Gold Castle

  1989

• Recently

  Gold Castle

  1988

• Very Early Joan

  Vanguard

  1983

• Live in Concert: European Tour

  1980

• Il Rock 10

  Epic

  1980

• Honest Lullaby

  Portrait

  1979

• Blowin' Away

  Sony Music Distribution

  1977

• Gulf Winds

  1976

• From Every Stage

  A&M

  1976

• Joan Baez in Concert

  Vanguard

  1976

• Live in Japan

  Vanguard

  1975

• Gracias a la Vida

  A&M

  1974

• Where Are You Now, My Son?

  1973

• Come from the Shadows

  A&M

  1972

• Blessed Are...

  Vanguard

  1971

• One Day at a Time

  Vanguard

  1970

• Joan

  Vanguard

  1967

• Farewell, Angelina

  Vanguard

  1965

• Joan Baez 5

  Vanguard

  1964

• Joan Baez in San Francisco

  Fantasy

  1964

• Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square

  Veritas

  1959