Mercury News, California — Jesse Winchester, a U.S.-born singer who established himself in Montreal after dodging the Vietnam War and went on to write songs covered by the likes of Elvis Costello, Jimmy Buffett and Joan Baez has died of cancer. He was 69. more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Paul Colby, who began booking and managing at Greenwich Village venue The Bitter End (home to Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and many others) and eventually purchased it in 1974, has passed away at the age of 96. A message... more info
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This is a song that helped catapult Joan Baez to become the “Queen of Folk Music.” Bob Gibson had invited her to sing with him at the 1959 Newport Folk Festi... more info
Starpulse — Joan Baez recently returned to the site in Vietnam where she and several other human rights activists, took shelter during a peace-keeping trip in the midst of the Vietnam War. The folk singer fle... more info
ContactMusic — Folk singer Joan Baez has revisited the bunker where she sheltered from bombs during the war in Vietnam.The singer and humans rights activist flew to... more info
Aquarium Drunkard — Taken from the excellent Earl Scruggs: The Bluegrass Legend: Family and Friends -- the 1972 flick that captures Scruggs and his two sons playing with the Byrds and Dylan, then taking a pilgrimage to Joan Baez’s Laurel Canyon home. Get your mind off... more info
Topix — So what does a trauma physician do in her spare time? She returns to her first career as a singer-songwriter and releases a debut album. Several decades ago, Liz Mitchell began her music career as a folk singer in the Joan Baez tradition. more info
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