Joan Baez
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It was a blueprint for Live Aid and every mega-festival since. We survey a new archive box set – in full – to uncover the real story of these ‘three days of peace and music’
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The veteran singer on her mixed emotions about her farewell tour, the women she most admires, and forever being linked to Dylan
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Taylor Swift’s intervention in the US midterm elections is all the more powerful because she is not typical of earlier activists
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4 out of 5 stars.Eco-protests met lover’s laments as the 77-year-old marked her final tour with a stirring reminder of her fighting spirit
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4 out of 5 stars.Wild and rebellious British folk band enter adolescence with a howl of song and a glint in the eye. Plus: the Self-Preservation Society, You are Wolf, Rheingan Sisters and Joan Baez
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4 out of 5 stars.The former Led Zeppelin frontman warned that there would be no ‘Hobbit songs’ – instead he rolled out an empathetic set of Americana with guests including Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and Joan Baez
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Iraq-born musician Nadin Al Khalidi fled her homeland to escape beheadings and the ravages of war – she’s since found a new purpose recounting such tales through song
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He was Thomas Pynchon’s roommate, he hung out with Bob Dylan and wrote an American cult classic, yet Fariña is a name few know outside of literary circles
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When Bob Dylan took his travelling caravan of musicians – among them Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn and Mick Ronson – out on the road in autumn 1975, the photographer Ken Regan was on hand to document it all. Now his revealing shots are published in Rolling Thunder: Photographs by Ken ReganGallery
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The singer recalls how gospel and formalwear dominated her musical experience until she met the flower children and sang with Pete Seeger
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Former Liberal leader tells ABC program popularity is ‘ephemeral’ unless the new prime minister can reposition the party in the coming months
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Guardian photojournalist Sarah Lee travelled to Cambridge to attend the city’s folk festival, one of the country’s most enduring musical gatherings
Listener's digest Joan Baez: where to start in her back catalogue