Joan Baez : the last leaf
Thomson, Elizabeth, 1957-2020
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Since she stepped onstage unannounced at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez has occupied a singular place in popular music. Within three years, she had recorded three best-selling albums and had embarked on a tour of southern US campuses, playing to integrated audiences in an era of segregation. When Time magazine chronicled the folk revival in November 1962, her portrait was on the cover. Her voice was 'as lustrous and rich as old gold.' She has mentored generations of singer-songwriters, most famously Bob Dylan. But Joan Baez has always been much more than simply a singer. Even before she stood on the podium beside Dr Martin Luther King at the March on Washington, her voice was raised in sorrow and anger as well as in song. 'The Last Leaf' is a celebration of a timeless figure whose music and influence will endure long after her voice is silenced.
Main title:
Joan Baez : the last leaf / Elizabeth Thomson.
Author:
Thomson, Elizabeth, 1957-, author
Imprint:
Bath : Palazzo, 2020.
Collation:
224 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781786750969 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
782.42162
Language:
English
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BRN:
1957464
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