oct 5

Joan Baez

Liberty Hall Cinema

It would easy to rest on your laurels when you and your hubby were America's two most influential folk singers of the 1960s. For this soprano-voiced mother of all female singer/songwriters, however, staying productive has proven to be a much better option. Baez's most recent studio album "Dark Chords on a Big Guitar" showcased her interpretations of the songs of fringe-folk artists like Gillian Welch, Josh Ritter and Ryan Adams. The album was surpisingly rock-oriented for an artist who has been notoriously understated, and Baez's most recent live disc "Bowery Songs" continues in the that full-band vein.

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