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| Location: | Menlo Park, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 30, 2008 (554 days back) |
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| Joan Baez is so ingrained in the collective consciousness as the archetypal coffeehouse folksinger that it's hard to remember that unless you happened to be hanging around Harvard Square at the close of the 1950s, you never got the chance to hear her perform in an intimate room. While still a teenager, Joan Baez appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1959, a musical watershed that - while lacking the galvanizing electricity of Elvis' hips, the Beatles' haircuts, or Bob Dylan's ellipsis and amplification - has had just as profound and durable an influence on American and international music mores. What makes the musical revolution Joan Baez pioneered so particularly remarkable is that it occurred so quietly and with so much personal restraint, grace, and humility that, to this day, as it continues to move forward in gentle organic rhythms, it seems too much in harmony with the natural order to feel like a cataclysm.The 1960s were a period of cultural renaissance and political upheaval. Popular music, and especially rock and roll, began to articulate the exhilaration, conflict, yearnings and turbulence of the era. What Joan Baez introduced into the explosion was the strength, intelligence, and complexity of the feminine principal. Given an impossibly pure and crystalline soprano, a sense of personal integrity subject to confusion and endless questioning, acute intuition and painful instinct, Joan Baez, unlike the novas and divas of that, or any, era relied on something more deeply human that mere star-power. She could've been the big sister of everyone in the audience except she sang with the piercing clarity of an angel.For the past nearly 50 years, as a singer, musician, social activist, and goodwill ambassador, Joan Baez has kept her pact with the spirit of her voice. Throughout her career, she has followed a pattern of mutual mentoring, begun when she first met Bob Dylan. She continues the pattern with striking results on recent tours that have included onstage collaborations with a range of talented young writers and performers, including Dar Williams, Eliza Carthy, and Josh Ritter among others. | |
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Music:Member Since: 3/21/2007Band Website: joanbaez.com Band Members: Joan Baez - guitar, vocals Erik Della Penna - guitar, mandolin, banjo, dobro, vocals Dean Sharenow - drums, percussion, vocals Michael DuClos - bass, vocals= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Joan's new CD, DAY AFTER TOMORROW, is set for a September 9th release date on the Bobolink label (distributed by Razor & Tie). Produced by Steve Earle, the album will include "Day After Tomorrow" (Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan), as well as three songs by Steve Earle, two by Eliza Gilkyson, one each by Thea Gilmore, Patty Griffin, Diana Jones, and Elvis Costello/Joseph Henry Burnett ("Scarlet Tide").= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Listen to Joan's Club Passim conversation (3/27/08) with Boston Globe rock journalist Steve Morse at WGBH Radio . Enjoy!= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Look for Joan's guest appearance on the new Thea Gilmore CD, "Liejacker," due out on May 19, 2008 (UK). Joan duets with Thea on the song, "The Lower Road."= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =On February 10, 2007, Joan was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award by NARAS (The Recording Academy). The following evening she appeared on the Grammy Awards television broadcast introducing a performance by the Dixie Chicks.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Don't miss Joan's duet with John Mellencamp on his song "Jim Crow" from his new CD called Freedom's Road.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =FEATURED VIDEO! Joan Baez On Tour (2008)Join Joan on her 2008 Spring Tour via this behind-the-scenes home video shot by merchandise manager, Jim Stewart.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Record Label: Bobolink/Distributed by Razor & Tie and Proper Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk / Acoustic) |
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Latest "on the road" report posted on website |
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| Joan's U.S. spring tour was finished up last month, and we've now posted Jim Stewart's report from the tour on Joan's website. Jim is the merchandise manager on the tours, and his reports give everyo... Posted by Joan Baez on Wed, 28 May 2008 04:26:00 PST |
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New tour report/pics posted on website |
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| Go to Joan's website to read the latest tour report posted by our merchandise manager Jim Stewart. Jim keeps a diary during the tours, and is happy to share his behind-the-scenes vantage point. Includ... Posted by Joan Baez on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:07:00 PST |
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End of tour... |
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| Joan's UK/Europe tour has finished up, with a couple of amazing performances in Spain and at the Cambridge Folk Festival. As soon as Merch Man Jim Stewart's tour diary is posted on the website, we'll ... Posted by Joan Baez on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:47:00 PST |
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Tour begins tomorrow, June 28th |
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| Joan's tour of the UK and Europe begins tomorrow, June 28th, and continues through July 28th, winding up at the Cambridge Folk Festiival. Be sure to check the tour schedule, and don't miss this chanc... Posted by Joan Baez on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:35:00 PST |
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Part two of tour diary now posted on website! |
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| Hello everyone,Thought you would like to know that the second half of our merchandise manager Jim Stewart's tour diary has now been posted. Not only that, we have also put up two full pages of photos ... Posted by Joan Baez on Wed, 23 May 2007 10:44:00 PST |
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Tour ends today! |
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| Hi Everyone!Joan's current tour finishes up today (4/2) in Prague, Czech Republic. She'll be back in the U.K. and Europe in the summer, but for now you can read part one of the tour diary by Jim Stewa... Posted by Joan Baez on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:40:00 PST |
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