Joan Baez, legendary singer, songwriter and activist, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded April 24, 2024 while on tour for the collection of poems, “When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance.”
Joan Baez is an internationally renowned singer, songwriter and activist who burst on the folk music scene as a teenager in the late 1950s. She has two autobiographies, Daybreak, along with And A Voice to Sing With. There are over thirty albums, including her now classic Diamonds and Rust from 1975, she has appeared in numerous documentaries about music and activism, won the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys, and is the subject of a recent documentary, Joan Baez, I Am A Noise, which is on Hulu and can be rented on several apps.
Joan Baez will be appearing at the Bay Area Book Festival on Saturday June 1st at 5:30 pm at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. Photos courtesy Joan Baez.