Joan Baez

Folk legend Joan Baez voices hope for tomorrow

From the outset of her career a half-century ago, Joan Baez has possessed a distinctive, spine-tingling three-octave voice. A vessel of purity and a tower of strength, her soprano helped spark the folk revival of the early...

Nov 15, 2008: An Evening With Joan Baez at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts

Two-thousand-and-eight is a landmark year for Joan Baez marking 50 years since she began her legendary residency at Bostona(EUR)(TM)s famed Club 47. She remains a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable, and...

Slacker Uprising

Skip It The Movie Most political junkies were probably too swept up in the glow of Barack Obama's successful bid to become the 44th president of the United States to notice one little thing: where was Michael Moore? The...

Fresh ink

News and notes from the publishing world: "Paperback Dreams," a poignant documentary about the successes and struggles of two storied Bay Area bookstores, Cody's and Kepler's, airs at 6 p.m. today on KQED, Channel 9. Directed...

WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Mercedes Sosa

WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Mercedes Sosa (Argentina) World of Music Art and Dance 2009 Taranaki Brooklands Park & TSB Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth Visit A titan of Latin American music, Mercedes Sosa combines traditional...

Barneys Battles Dreaded R-Word With Peace, Love, Understanding

Step aside, Anderson Cooper. Simon Doonan's unlikely muse for this month's holiday windows at Barneys is none other than the original silver fox of broadcast news, Tom Brokaw. "I wanted someone with a little bit of gravitas to...

WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Hinemoana Baker (NZ)

WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Hinemoana Baker (NZ) World of Music Art and Dance 2009 Taranaki Brooklands Park & TSB Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth Visit Pause live TV with MY SKY HDi Hinemoana Baker is a published poet, fiction...

Makeba's music: Her songs of Africa were cries for freedom

Miriam Makeba, the South African singer affectionately known as "Mama Africa" by her fans around the world, died Monday in Italy at 76. A performer of her stature could not have asked for a better way to leave this life. The...

Don't Count Joan Baez Out

Joan Baez still has it in her. At the age of 67, after 50 years of music and activism, after receiving both a Grammy Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007, she is the star she always was. She's passionate, political...

Mumford And Sons - Love Your Ground EP

Mumford And Sons : Love Your Ground EP Marcus Mumford, he of husky vocals and lead duties in this band, was Laura Marling's right hand man until very recently. Forget this however because it’s about the 28th most interesting...

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