Detroit Free Press — 2008 marks 50 years of Baez's blending of music with international social and political activism. more info

CNN Showbiz — Joan Baez is in a celebratory mood. And rightly so: She's survived 50 years in show business. Her new album is produced by Steve Earle. And, she says, a look deep inside has helped her put aside the sadness she felt for so long. more info

Star Online, Malaysia — From the outset of her career a half-century ago, Joan Baez has possessed a distinctive, spine-tingling three-octave voice. more info

Pitchfork — On November 24, fine art auction house Christie's will host an auction of punk, rock, soul, and reggae memorabilia called "Pop Culture: Punk/Rock" at its 20 Rockefeller Plaza location in New York City [via Idolator]. Well-to-do aging punk rockers: He... more info

New York Times — If anyone ought to recognize a great antiwar song when it comes along, it is Joan Baez, who appeared at Town Hall on Tuesday in a career retrospective celebrating her 50th year in show business. more info

Idolator — Our look at the closing lines of reviews of the week's biggest new music continues with a spin through writeups of Pink's Funhouse, which arrives in U.S. stores tomorrow: • "A few Billy Mann-produced ballads suggest she could've had an old-school s... more info

All About Jazz — Word has just come in that William Claxton died on Saturday in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. He was eighty. With his pictures of Chet Baker in the early 1950s, Claxton established himself as a brilliant photographer of jazz musicians and w... more info

The Late Greats — I love the mandolin playing on the Baez version. Some splendid picking that compliments a splendid song.Patty Griffin ∞ Mary (live)Joan Baez ∞ MaryWhich version do you prefer? or did I leave about your favorite? Leave a hullabaloo.More:Co... more info

Guardian Music — Editorial: Five decades on she remains a political phenomenon as well as a musical one more info

Topix — 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. more info